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Lovely Music
2026-11-15 17:43:43 · Cedar Herald Index
Lovely Music (full name: Lovely Music Ltd.) is an American record label devoted to new American music. Based in New York City, the label was founded in 1978 by Mimi Johnson, an outgrowth of her nonprofit production company Performing Artservices Inc. It is one of the most important and longest running labels focusing exclusively on new music and has released over 100 recordings on LP, CD, and videocassette.
Composers represented on the label include Johnson's husband Robert Ashley (most of whose major works are in its catalog), as well as David Behrman, Alvin Lucier, Paul Dresher, William Duckworth, Jon Hassell, Joan La Barbara, David Tudor, Peter Gordon, and Meredith Monk, among others.

Catalog
1001 (1978) Robert Ashley - Private Parts
1002 (1979) Robert Ashley - Automatic Writing
1003 (1990) Robert Ashley - Yellow Man With Heart With Wings
1004 (1994) Robert Ashley - eL/Aficianado
1005 (1998) Robert Ashley - Your Money My Life Goodbye
1006 (2000) Robert Ashley - Dust
1007 (2005) Robert Ashley - Celestial Excursions
1008 (2006) Robert Ashley - Foreign Experiences
1009 (2007) Robert Ashley - Now Eleanor's Idea
1010 (2008) Robert Ashley - Concrete
1011 (1980) Alvin Lucier - Music on a Long Thin Wire
1012 (1981) Alvin Lucier - Panorama
1013 (1981) Alvin Lucier - I Am Sitting In A Room
1014 (1982) Alvin Lucier - Music for Solo Performer
