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Talking music : conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and five generations of American experimental composers

Talking music : conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and five generations of American experimental composers
Library Shelf Location 33.DUCK
Publication Date 1999
Description Talking Music is comprised of substantial original conversations with seventeen American experimental composers and musicians—including Milton Babbitt, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, Meredith Monk, and John Zorn—many of whom rarely grant interviews.The author skillfully elicits candid dialogues that encompass technical explorations; questions of method, style, and influence; their personal lives and struggles to create; and their aesthetic goals and artistic declarations. Herein, John Cage recalls the turning point in his career; Ben Johnston criticizes the operas of his teacher Harry Partch; La Monte Young attributes his creative discipline to a Morman childhood; and much more. The results are revelatory conversations with some of America's most radical musical innovators.
ISBN 0306808935
Quantity 1
Pages xii, 489p
Author William Duckworth
Format Paperback
Publisher Da Capo Press, New York
Related Artists John Cage, Laurie Anderson, La Monte Young, Philip Glass
Category Audio/Sound Art/Music
Keywords Music, Avant-garde
Language English

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