Author: Barney Childs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780252043994
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
In 1972-73, Barney Childs embarked on an ambitious attempt to survey the landscape of new American concert music. He recorded freewheeling conversations with fellow composers, most of them under forty, all of them important but most not yet famous. Though unable to publish the interviews in his lifetime, Childs had gathered invaluable dialogues with the likes of Robert Ashley, Olly Wilson, Harold Budd, Christian Wolff, and others. Virginia Anderson edits the first published collection of these conversations. She pairs each interview with a contextual essay by a contemporary expert that shows how the composer's discussion with Childs fits into his life and work. Together, the interviewees cover a broad range of ideas and concerns around topics like education, notation, developments in electronic music, changing demands on performers, and tonal music. Innovative and revealing, Interviews with American Composers is an artistic and historical snapshot of American music at an important crossroads.
Interviews with American Composers
Author: Barney Childs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780252043994
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
In 1972-73, Barney Childs embarked on an ambitious attempt to survey the landscape of new American concert music. He recorded freewheeling conversations with fellow composers, most of them under forty, all of them important but most not yet famous. Though unable to publish the interviews in his lifetime, Childs had gathered invaluable dialogues with the likes of Robert Ashley, Olly Wilson, Harold Budd, Christian Wolff, and others. Virginia Anderson edits the first published collection of these conversations. She pairs each interview with a contextual essay by a contemporary expert that shows how the composer's discussion with Childs fits into his life and work. Together, the interviewees cover a broad range of ideas and concerns around topics like education, notation, developments in electronic music, changing demands on performers, and tonal music. Innovative and revealing, Interviews with American Composers is an artistic and historical snapshot of American music at an important crossroads.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780252043994
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
In 1972-73, Barney Childs embarked on an ambitious attempt to survey the landscape of new American concert music. He recorded freewheeling conversations with fellow composers, most of them under forty, all of them important but most not yet famous. Though unable to publish the interviews in his lifetime, Childs had gathered invaluable dialogues with the likes of Robert Ashley, Olly Wilson, Harold Budd, Christian Wolff, and others. Virginia Anderson edits the first published collection of these conversations. She pairs each interview with a contextual essay by a contemporary expert that shows how the composer's discussion with Childs fits into his life and work. Together, the interviewees cover a broad range of ideas and concerns around topics like education, notation, developments in electronic music, changing demands on performers, and tonal music. Innovative and revealing, Interviews with American Composers is an artistic and historical snapshot of American music at an important crossroads.
Musical Landscapes in Color
Author: Bill Banfield
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0585464162
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
A sequel to the award-winning The Black Composer Speaks (Scarecrow Press, 1978), this exploration of the creative world of African American composers traces the lives and careers of 40 talented individuals and, in their own words, provides perspectives on a world that has been slow to recognize their remarkable contributions to classical music. The discussion places the music of these composers within the greater context of Western art music, but analyzes it through the lenses of sociology, Western concepts of art and taste, and vernacular musical forms, including spirituals, blues, jazz, and contemporary popular music. Each chapter is devoted to an individual composer, who discusses his or her musical training, compositional techniques and style, and the composer's personal philosophy as reflected in his or her music. A selected list of compositions for each composer is included, as well as a photo and sample of the composer's "hand." Banfield offers unprecedented insight into the history and influence of the African American composer with this documentary, which will appeal to everyone from the music scholar to the general reader.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0585464162
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
A sequel to the award-winning The Black Composer Speaks (Scarecrow Press, 1978), this exploration of the creative world of African American composers traces the lives and careers of 40 talented individuals and, in their own words, provides perspectives on a world that has been slow to recognize their remarkable contributions to classical music. The discussion places the music of these composers within the greater context of Western art music, but analyzes it through the lenses of sociology, Western concepts of art and taste, and vernacular musical forms, including spirituals, blues, jazz, and contemporary popular music. Each chapter is devoted to an individual composer, who discusses his or her musical training, compositional techniques and style, and the composer's personal philosophy as reflected in his or her music. A selected list of compositions for each composer is included, as well as a photo and sample of the composer's "hand." Banfield offers unprecedented insight into the history and influence of the African American composer with this documentary, which will appeal to everyone from the music scholar to the general reader.
Women of Influence in Contemporary Music
Author: Michael K. Slayton
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810877481
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
In this collection of essays and interviews, nine gifted composers openly discuss their work.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810877481
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
In this collection of essays and interviews, nine gifted composers openly discuss their work.
Contemporary American Composers
Author: Rupert Hughes
Publisher: Boston : L.C. Page
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher: Boston : L.C. Page
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
American Composers of Our Time
American Composers on American Music
Author: Henry Cowell
Publisher: Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Composers reviewed include Carl Ruggles, Adolph Weiss, Colin McPhee, Edgar Varèse, Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell, Roy Harris, Wallingford Riegger, Roger Sessions, J.J. Becker, Henry Brant, Howard Hanson, Carlos Salzedo, Carlos Chávez, Nicolas Slonimsky, Ruth Crawford, Charles Seeger, Walter Piston and C.E. Ives.
Publisher: Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Composers reviewed include Carl Ruggles, Adolph Weiss, Colin McPhee, Edgar Varèse, Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell, Roy Harris, Wallingford Riegger, Roger Sessions, J.J. Becker, Henry Brant, Howard Hanson, Carlos Salzedo, Carlos Chávez, Nicolas Slonimsky, Ruth Crawford, Charles Seeger, Walter Piston and C.E. Ives.
Famous American Composers
Author: Rupert Hughes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
American Composers
Author: Edward Strickland
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253206435
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
" . . . Strickland's own deep involvement with the works of these composers [is] revealed by the questions and comments he poses in an appreciative, Paterian way. His profound pleasure in these works also leads him to scrutinize and challenge them intimately." —Publishers Weekly "This is an indispensable book about American music . . . " —Fanfare " . . . exhilarating . . . Any of the interviews in American Composers will stimulate your curiosity and appetite." —Hungry Mind Review " . . . not only engaging, but also a useful representation of the major compositional styles of the 1980s and their corresponding practitioners." —Notes Philip Glass, Keith Jarrett, Meredith Monk, and eight other active American composers reveal a broad spectrum of musical personalities in these candid, in-depth conversations. Witty and articulate, their remarks convey the great vitality, diversity, and distinctiveness of today's American music.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253206435
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
" . . . Strickland's own deep involvement with the works of these composers [is] revealed by the questions and comments he poses in an appreciative, Paterian way. His profound pleasure in these works also leads him to scrutinize and challenge them intimately." —Publishers Weekly "This is an indispensable book about American music . . . " —Fanfare " . . . exhilarating . . . Any of the interviews in American Composers will stimulate your curiosity and appetite." —Hungry Mind Review " . . . not only engaging, but also a useful representation of the major compositional styles of the 1980s and their corresponding practitioners." —Notes Philip Glass, Keith Jarrett, Meredith Monk, and eight other active American composers reveal a broad spectrum of musical personalities in these candid, in-depth conversations. Witty and articulate, their remarks convey the great vitality, diversity, and distinctiveness of today's American music.
American Composers
Author: David Ewen
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Each of the 300 entries lists major works, and most include a personal statment of musical philosophy provided by the composer.
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Each of the 300 entries lists major works, and most include a personal statment of musical philosophy provided by the composer.