Music 109: Notes on Experimental Music

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Wesleyan University Press, 16 nov. 2012 - 232 pages

Composer and performer Alvin Lucier brings clarity to the world of experimental music as he takes the reader through more than a hundred groundbreaking musical works, including those of Robert Ashley, John Cage, Charles Ives, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, Christian Wolff, and La Monte Young. Lucier explains in detail how each piece is made, unlocking secrets of the composers' style and technique. The book as a whole charts the progress of American experimental music from the 1950s to the present, covering such topics as indeterminacy, electronics, and minimalism, as well as radical innovations in music for the piano, string quartet, and opera. Clear, approachable and lively, Music 109 is Lucier's indispensable guide to late 20th-century composition. No previous musical knowledge is required, and all readers are welcome.

 

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Table des matières

1 Symphony
1
2 Studio Fonologico
5
3 Indeterminacy
12
4 Graphic Notation
23
5 Town Hall
27
6 Rose Art Museum
44
7 Cage and Tudor
56
8 Sonic Arts Union
70
13 Prose
126
14 The Piano
128
15 Long String Instrument
144
16 Recording
150
17 Opera
154
18 Words
169
19 Voices
177
20 String Quartets
182

9 Bell Labs
94
10 Lenses Intervals
99
11 Tape Recorders
103
12 Repetition
109
Authors Note
201
Index
203
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À propos de l'auteur (2012)

ALVIN LUCIER is the John Spencer Camp Professor of Music emeritus at Wesleyan University. Since the mid-1960s, he has explored the natural characteristics of sound and the spaces in which they are heard. He is the author of Reflections/Reflexionen and coauthor, with Douglas Simon, of Chambers.

Informations bibliographiques

TitreMusic 109: Notes on Experimental Music
AuteurAlvin Lucier
Éditionillustrée
ÉditeurWesleyan University Press, 2012
ISBN0819572985, 9780819572981
Longueur232 pages
  
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