Four Musical Minimalists : La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glas

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Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
ISBN
9780521015011
Subject Area
Music, Biography & Autobiography
Publication Name
Four Musical Minimalists : La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Item Length
9.6 in
Subject
Reference, Composers & Musicians, General
Publication Year
2002
Series
Music in the Twentieth Century Ser.
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Keith Potter
Item Weight
22.9 Oz
Item Width
6.7 in
Number of Pages
408 Pages
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521015014
ISBN-13
9780521015011
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2218071

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
408 Pages
Publication Name
Four Musical Minimalists : La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass
Language
English
Subject
Reference, Composers & Musicians, General
Publication Year
2002
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Music, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Keith Potter
Series
Music in the Twentieth Century Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
22.9 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2002-511226
Reviews
'... an energetic, readable, cogently argued tome, cram-packed with info ... Four Musical Minimalists is impeccably researched, written with enthusiasm but without evangelical defensiveness.'Gramophone, '… a massive achievement, and an absolutely essential resource for anyone interested in the history of minimalism.' Wire, '... a massive achievement, and an absolutely essential resource for anyone interested in the history of minimalism.' Wire, '… a massive achievement, and an absolutely essential resource for anyone interested in the history of minimalism.'Wire, '... an energetic, readable, cogently argued tome, cram-packed with info ... Four Musical Minimalists is impeccably researched, written with enthusiasm but without evangelical defensiveness.' Gramophone, '… an energetic, readable, cogently argued tome, cram-packed with info … Four Musical Minimalists is impeccably researched, written with enthusiasm but without evangelical defensiveness.' Gramophone, '... a massive achievement, and an absolutely essential resource for anyone interested in the history of minimalism'. Wire, "...provides a wealth of previously unavailable information and engages in analyses to which future writers on minimalism will be obliged to respond." Journal of Musicological Research, '… an energetic, readable, cogently argued tome, cram-packed with info … Four Musical Minimalists is impeccably researched, written with enthusiasm but without evangelical defensiveness.'Gramophone, "...Potter's relatively comprehensive research of other primary and secondary literature [makes]Four Musical Minimalists a valuable and timely survey. I hope Four Musical Minimalists, for all its strengths, will be only the first of many important looks at the amazing phenomenon of musical minimalism." American Record Guide
Dewey Edition
21
Series Volume Number
Series Number 11
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
780/.92/273
Table Of Content
Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. La Monte Young; 2. Terry Riley; 3. Steve Reich; 4. Philip Glass; Notes; Discography; Bibliography; Index.
Synopsis
This book offers the most detailed account so far of the early works of Young, Riley, Reich and Glass, putting extensive discussion of the music into a biographical perspective., This book offers the most detailed account so far of the early works of these four minimalist composers, putting extensive discussion of the music into a biographical perspective. The true musical minimalism of the 1960s and early 1970s is placed in the wider context of their music as a whole, and considered within the cultural conditions of the period, which saw not only the rise of minimalism in the fine arts but also crucial changes in the theory and practice of musical composition in the Western cultivated tradition., The American composers la Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass are widely regarded as pioneers of the aesthetic and the techniques of minimalism in musical composition during the 1960s and early 1970s. This book offers the most detailed account so far of their early works, putting extensive discussion of the music into a biographical perspective. The true musical minimalism of these years is placed in the wider context of their music as a whole, and considered within the cultural conditions of the period which saw not only the rise of minimalism in the fine arts but also crucial changes in the theory and practice of musical composition in the Western cultivated tradition.
LC Classification Number
ML390 .P759 2002

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