Eight lectures on experimental music /
Eight lectures on experimental music /
edited by Alvin Lucier.
- 160 pages ; 22 cm
In this collection, path-breaking figures of American experimental music discuss the meaning of their work at the turn of the 21st century. Presented between 1989 and 2002 at Wesleyan University, these captivating lectures provide rare insights by composers whose work has shaped our understanding of what it means to be experimental: Maryanne Amacher, Robert Ashley, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Steve Reich, James Tenney, Christian Wolff, and La Monte Young. Collected here for the first time, together these lectures tell the story of 20th-century American experimental music, covering such topics as repetition, phase, drone, duration, collaboration, and technological innovation.
Specialized.
9780819577634 (hbk.) : £23.00
Music--History and criticism.--20th century
Avant-garde (Music)
Music.
Music.
780.9'04
In this collection, path-breaking figures of American experimental music discuss the meaning of their work at the turn of the 21st century. Presented between 1989 and 2002 at Wesleyan University, these captivating lectures provide rare insights by composers whose work has shaped our understanding of what it means to be experimental: Maryanne Amacher, Robert Ashley, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Steve Reich, James Tenney, Christian Wolff, and La Monte Young. Collected here for the first time, together these lectures tell the story of 20th-century American experimental music, covering such topics as repetition, phase, drone, duration, collaboration, and technological innovation.
Specialized.
9780819577634 (hbk.) : £23.00
Music--History and criticism.--20th century
Avant-garde (Music)
Music.
Music.
780.9'04