Terry Riley's In C
Terry Riley's In C

Author: Robert Carl

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009-08-05

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 0199717133

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Setting the stage for a most intriguing journey into the world of minimalism, Robert Carl's Terry Riley's In C argues that the work holds its place in the canon because of the very challenges it presents to "classical" music. Carl examines In C in the context of its era, its grounding in aesthetic practices and assumptions, its process of composition, presentation, recording, and dissemination.

Four Musical Minimalists
Four Musical Minimalists

Author: Keith Potter

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-04-25

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 9780521015011

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Offers the most detailed account yet of the early works of these four minimalist composers.

The San Francisco Tape Music Center
The San Francisco Tape Music Center

Author: David W. Bernstein

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2008-07-08

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 0520256174

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DVD, entitled Wow and flutter, contains recordings of concerts at the festival, held Oct. 1-2. 2004, RPI Playhouse, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.

Terry Riley's In C
Terry Riley's In C

Author: Robert Carl

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009-08-05

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 0199886733

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Setting the stage for a most intriguing journey into the world of minimalism, Robert Carl's Terry Riley's In C argues that the work holds its place in the canon because of the very challenges it presents to "classical" music. Carl examines In C in the context of its era, its grounding in aesthetic practices and assumptions, its process of composition, presentation, recording, and dissemination.

The Rest Is Noise
The Rest Is Noise

Author: Alex Ross

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 2007-10-16

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13: 1429932880

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Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007 Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007 A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007 In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its music, from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties; from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and seventies up to the present. Taking readers into the labyrinth of modern style, Ross draws revelatory connections between the century's most influential composers and the wider culture. The Rest Is Noise is an astonishing history of the twentieth century as told through its music.

The Blue Moment
The Blue Moment

Author: Richard Williams

Publisher: Faber & Faber Classical Music & Dance

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780571245079

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Minimalism:Origins
Minimalism:Origins

Author: Edward Strickland

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2000-09-22

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780253213884

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The term Minimalism appeared in the mid-1960s, primarily with reference to the stripped down sculpture of artists like Donald Judd. This volume investigates the origins of Minimalism in post-war American culture. The author redefines it as a movement that developed reductive stylistic innovations.

This Life of Sounds
This Life of Sounds

Author: Renee Levine Packer

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010-07-23

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0199779678

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This book is an invaluable chronicle of an exuberant time of artistic exploration and experimentation populated by now legendary figures such as John Cage, Morton Feldman, Cornelius Cardew, Terry Riley, Julius Eastman, David Tudor, and many others who were part of this under-known chapter of late 20th century music history. Levine Packer brings it to life once again.

Making Music with Computers
Making Music with Computers

Author: Bill Manaris

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2014-05-19

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1482222213

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Teach Your Students How to Use Computing to Explore Powerful and Creative IdeasIn the twenty-first century, computers have become indispensable in music making, distribution, performance, and consumption. Making Music with Computers: Creative Programming in Python introduces important concepts and skills necessary to generate music with computers.

Love Songs
Love Songs

Author: Ted Gioia

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 0199357579

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Uncovers the unexplored history of the love song, from the fertility rites of ancient cultures to the sexualized YouTube videos of the present day, and discusses such topics as censorship, the legacy of love songs, and why it is a dominant form of modern musical expression.