Talking Music Conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and Five Generations of American Experimental Composers

Name: Talking Music Conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and Five Generations of American Experimental Composers
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ISBN: 9780028708232

ISBN-10: 0028708237

ISBN-13: 9780028708232

Edition: N/A

Authors: William M. Duckworth

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This study examines the creativity and development of experimental music through interviews with 17 contemporary musicians. Revealing their struggles, personal lives, aesthetic goals and the influences behind their music, this book attempts to discover the origins and the future of this musical genre. The musicians interviewed range from John Cage, John Zom, Milton Babbitt and Pauline Oliveros to Meredith Monk, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, and Blue Gene Tyranny.

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List price: $30.00
Publisher: Music Sales Corporation
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 489
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.55" long x 1.16" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Experimentalists



John Cage (b. Los Angeles, 1912; d. New York, 1992)



Conlon Nancarrow (b. Texarkana, Arkansas, 1912)



Milton Babbitt (b. Philadelphia, 1916)



Lou Harrison (b. Portland, Oregon, 1917)


The Avant-Garde



Ben Johnston (b. Macon, Georgia, 1926)



Pauline Oliveros (b. Houston, 1932)



Christian Wolff (b. Nice, France, 1934)


Minimalists



La Monte Young (b. Bern, Idaho, 1935) and Marian Zazeela (b. New York, 1940)



Terry Riley (b. Colfax, California, 1935)



Steve Reich (b. New York, 1936)



Philip Glass (b. Baltimore, 1937)


Performance Artists



Meredith Monk (b. New York, 1942)



Laurie Anderson (b. Chicago, 1947)


Post-Moderns



"Blue" Gene Tyranny (b. San Antonio, 1945)



Glenn Branca (b. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1948)



John Zorn (b. New York, 1953)


Index