Experimental Music Cage and Beyond |
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| Author:
| Nyman, Michael |
| Contribution by:
| Worby, Robert
Whittall, Arnold |
| Foreword by:
| Eno, Brian |
| Series title: | Music in the Twentieth Century Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-65383-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1999 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $45.95 |
Book Description:
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Composer Michael Nyman's classic 1974 account of postwar experimental music. He traces the revolutionary attitudes developed by composers such as John Cage towards concepts of time, space, sound, and composer/performer responsibility within a tradition that also bore the seeds of musical minimalism. New edition includes an introduction by Brian Eno, an up-to-date discography by Robert Worby and an historical overview by Michael Nyman.
Composer Michael Nyman's classic 1974 account of postwar experimental music. He traces the revolutionary attitudes developed by composers such as John Cage towards concepts of time, space, sound, and composer/performer responsibility within a tradition that also bore the seeds of musical minimalism. New edition includes an introduction by Brian Eno, an up-to-date discography by Robert Worby and an historical overview by Michael Nyman.