Breaking the Sound Barrier : A Critical Anthology of the New Music
  • critical theory
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • black-and-white
  • 20.6 x 14.6 cm.
  • 351 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered
  • ISBN 0525475982

Breaking the Sound Barrier : A Critical Anthology of the New Music

Gregory Battcock, Benjamin Boretz, Peter Frank, Dick Higgins, Tom Johnson, Gaynor G. Jones, Jay Rahn, Jonathan D. Kramer, Rodney J. Payton, William Wilson, Earle Brown, Barney Childs, Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Hubert S. Howe Jr., Allison Knowles, Herbert Russcol, Stephen Syverud, Elaine Barkin, William Brandt, Cornelius Cardew, Thomas DeLio, Ruth Julius, Richard Kostelanetz, Michel P. Philippot, Josef Rufer, Elliot Schwartz, Bob Nickas

Breaking the Sound Barrier : A Critical Anthology of the New Music

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Compendium of texts on New Music. Edited by Gregory Battcock. Essays "Introduction: In Search of the Avant-Garde," by Gregory Battcock; "Musical Cosmology," by Benjamin Boretz; "Fluxus Music," by Peter Frank; "Boredom and Danger," by Dick Higgins; "Notes on New Music," by Tom Johnson; "Definitions of Popular Music: Recycled," by Gaynor G. Jones and Jay Ruhn; "Moment Form in Twentieth Century of Music," by Jonathan D. Kramer; "The Music of Futurism: Concerts and Polemics," by Rodney J. Payton; "Operational Music," by William Wilson; "Serial Music Today," by Earle Brown; "Time and Music: A Composer's View," by Barney Childs; "Generating and Organizing Variety in the Arts," by Brian Eno; "Paik and Moorman Perform Cage"; "Writings About Music," by Steve Reich; "Synthesizers and the Evolution of Electronic Music," by Jerry Davidson; "Microcomputers and Electronic Music," by Hubert S. Howe, Jr.; "Notations," by Allison Knowles; "Music Since Hiroshima: The Electronic Age Begins," by Herbert Russcol; "Electronic Synthesizers: A Survey," by Stephen Syverud; "Arthur Berger's Trio for Violin, Guitar, and Piano (1972)," by Elaine Barkin; "The Music of Elliott Carter," by William Brandt; "Wiggly Lines and Wobbly Music," by Cornelius Cardew; "Avant-Garde Issues in Seventies Music," by Thomas DeLio; "Edgard Varèse: An Oral History Project," by Ruth Julius; "Two Tonal Composers," by Richard Kostelanetz; "Ear, Heart, and Brain," by Michel P. Philippot; "Schönberg - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow," by Josef Rufer; "Electronic Music and Live Performance," by Elliot Schwartz. Includes an index. The acknowledgements thank Bob Nickas for his research assistance.

New York, NY: E.P. Dutton,
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