Collateral Damage

A moment of silence for one of the greats…

July 29, 2006 · No Comments

Dika Newlin, a composer and musicologist who was deeply influenced by avant-garde master Arnold Schoenberg and brought his style into the punk rock era, has died. She was 82.

A composer of several operas and chamber works, Ms. Newlin began exploring popular music in the mid-1980s. Inspired by her college students, she sang and played keyboards in a band called Apocowlypso. More recently she performed as a flame-haired punk rocker and performance artist, singing works such as “Murder Kitty,” composed solely of meows.

I think we can say with some certainty that she did not go quietly into that good night.

Categories: A moment of silence for one of the greats · Arnold Schoenberg · Dika Newlin · Punk

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