Dane Rudhyar, born Daniel Chenneviere, was an American author, modernist composer, painter and humanistic astrologer.
17 Facts About Dane Rudhyar
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Dane Rudhyar studied at the Sorbonne, University of Paris, and at the Paris Conservatoire.
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In November 1916, Dane Rudhyar's music brought him to New York City, where his orchestral arrangements and original compositions were performed on April 4,1917 at a performance of Metachorie by the New York Metropolitan Opera.
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Dane Rudhyar met Sasaki Roshi, one of the early Japanese Zen teachers in America, who led him in the study of Oriental philosophy and occultism.
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Dane Rudhyar's interest was further stimulated by his association with Theosophy, which began when he was asked to compose music for a production at the society's headquarters in Los Angeles in 1920.
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Dane Rudhyar became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1926.
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Dane Rudhyar stayed in California through the 1920s and in 1930 married Marla Contento, secretary to independent Theosophist Will Levington Comfort.
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Dane Rudhyar learned astrology during a period when he was studying the psychological writings of Carl Gustav Jung, and he began to think in terms of bringing astrology and Jungian psychology together.
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Dane Rudhyar postulated that the stars did not cause the effects seen in human life but were pictures synchronistically aligned to human beings.
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In 1969 Dane Rudhyar founded the International Committee for Humanistic Astrology, a small professional society that would work on the development of his perspective.
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Dane Rudhyar began one of the most fruitful periods of his life, turning out several books a year for the next decade.
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Dane Rudhyar died on September 13,1985, in San Francisco, California.
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Dane Rudhyar regarded the 'true early hippies' as potential harbingers of a New Age.
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Dane Rudhyar intends to report back to his wife on Earth via telepathic communication methods that they have spent time scientifically preparing.
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Dane Rudhyar joined the Transcendental Painting Group in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1938 and 1939.
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Dane Rudhyar wrote extensively on music as well, producing such books as Claude Debussy and His Work, Dissonant Harmony, Rebirth of Hindu Music, The New Sense of Sound, and The Magic of Tone and the Art of Music.
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Dane Rudhyar's material is his musical instrument, a living thing, a mysterious entity endowed with vital laws of its own, sneering at formulas, fearfully alive.