Publications

Studies and essays

1. 2026

   John McGuire: Music for Double String Trio

   Tim Rutherford-Johnson

   Unseen Worlds, Liner Notes, 24 February 2026
2. 2023

   Vanishing Points / A Cappella: liner notes

   Tim Rutherford-Johnson, with notes by John McGuire

   Unseen Worlds, Liner Notes, 21 September 2023
3. 2012

   Serial Minimalist or Minimal Serialist? The Music of John McGuire

   Paul V. Miller

   American Music Research Center Journal, University of Colorado Boulder, vol. 21, pp. 1–39
4. 1983

   Anton Bruckner/John McGuire: Eine Begegnung

   Walter Zimmermann

   WDR 3 radio essay, broadcast 1–2 August 1983

   With excerpts from an interview with McGuire and his music.

Press

1. 2003

   John McGuire: Electronic Music 1978–1997

   Christopher Bailey

   Array, International Computer Music Association, 25 February 2003

Interviews

1. 2026

   As If It Were Already Playing: Interviews with Bernd Härpfer, Axel Lindner and John McGuire

   Tim Rutherford-Johnson

   Unseen Worlds, Liner Notes, 25 February 2026
2. 2023

   Tone Glow 103: John McGuire

   Joshua Minsoo Kim

   Tone Glow, 24 September 2023
3. 2022

   John McGuire, Pulse Music: liner notes and interview

   Tim Rutherford-Johnson, with a foreword by Paul V. Miller

   Unseen Worlds, Liner Notes, 10 February 2022
4. 1976

   Desert Plants: Conversations with 23 American Musicians

   Walter Zimmermann

   Vancouver: A.R.C. Publications, 1976; facsimile reprint, Berlin: Beginner Press and Cologne: MusikTexte, 2020, pp. 327–346

   Interview with McGuire, conducted by letter. Republished by Mode Records with interview audio.

Writings by John McGuire

1. 1987

   Wiederholung und Veränderung: Morton Feldmans „Three Voices“

   John McGuire

   MusikTexte 20 (Cologne, 1987), pp. 26–29
2. 1985

   Cadence Music (Skizzen und Partiturausschnitte)

   John McGuire

   Neuland: Ansätze zur Musik der Gegenwart, vol. 5 (Bergisch Gladbach: Neuland, 1985), pp. 303–313
3. 1985

   In der Luft der eigenen Ätherik auflösen: Walter Zimmermanns „Lokale Musik“

   John McGuire

   MusikTexte 12 (Cologne, December 1985), pp. 33–35
4. 1983

   An Electronic Music Project: The Composition of Pulse Music III

   John McGuire

   Neuland: Ansätze zur Musik der Gegenwart, vol. 3 (Bergisch Gladbach: Neuland, 1983), pp. 252–268

   English text online at Kalvos & Damian.
5. 1976

   Frieze for Four Pianos (analysis)

   John McGuire

   Feedback Papers 11 (Cologne, November 1976), pp. 261–292

Reference works

1. 2019

   John Howard McGuire

   Dan Albertson

   Komponisten der Gegenwart, ed. Hanns-Werner Heister and Walter Wolfgang Sparrer (Munich: edition text + kritik); online at Munzinger
2. 2016

   McGuire, John (Howard)

   Stephen Montague; revised by Jonas Westover

   Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press