Gordon Mumma, born on March 30, 1935, in Framingham, Massachusetts, is an American composer known for his work with electronics. He entered the University of Michigan at age 17 and cofounded Ann Arbor's Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music with Robert Ashley. Mumma's early musical development was influenced by traditional composers such as Bach and Haydn, as well as modern figures like Bartók, Schoenberg, Webern, and Ives. He toured internationally in the 1960s with a two-piano performance collaboration with Ashley. Notable works include Dresden / Venezia / Megaton (1979), Mesa / Pontpoint / Fwyyn (1986), Studio Retrospect (2000), and Live-Electronic Music (2002). Mumma was a resident composer with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1966 to 1974. He taught at the University of California-Santa Cruz from 1975 to 1994 and received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts John Cage Award in 2000.
