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Described by New York Times critic John Rockwell as "one of the best non-famous composers this country has to offer," Ben Johnston reconceives familiar idioms--ranging from neoclassicism and serialism to jazz and southern hymnody--using just intonation. Johnston studied with Darius Milhaud...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnston, Ben
Otros Autores: Gilmore, Bob, 1961-2015
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2006]
Colección:Music in American life.
Temas:
Johnston, Ben > Criticism and interpretation.
Johnston, Ben.
1900-1999
Music > History and criticism.
Musique > Histoire et critique.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
MUSIC > Reference.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
Music.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Editor's Achnowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Ben Johnston: A Chronology
  • I. ON MUSIC THEORY
  • Aesthetic Theory; Philosophical Background for Mathematical Theory; Musical Background for Application of Mathematical Theory 1959-60
  • Scalar Order as a Compositional Resource
  • Proportionality and Expanded Musical Pitch Relations
  • Microtonal Resources
  • Tonality Regained
  • Music Theory
  • Rational Structure in Music
  • A Notation System for Extended Just Intonation
  • II. ON MUSICAL AESTHETICS AND CULTUREMusical Intelligibiliity: Where Are We?
  • A Talk on Contemporary Music
  • Festivals and New Music
  • Three Attacks on a Problem
  • On Context
  • Contribution to IMC Panel
  • How to Cook an Albatross
  • Art and Survival
  • On Bridge-Building
  • Seventeen Items
  • Art and Religion
  • Extended Just Intonation: A Position Paper
  • A.S.U.C. Keynote Address
  • Just Intonation and Mere Intonation
  • Without Improvement
  • Maximum Clarity
  • III. SOME COMPOSITIONS
  • On String Quartet no. 2
  • On Sonata for Microtonal PianoThe Genesis of Knocking Piece
  • Quintet for Groups: A Reminiscence
  • On Carmilla
  • On Crossings (String Quartet no. 3 and String Quartet no. 4)
  • On the Age of Surveillance
  • On String Quartet no. 5
  • On String Quartet no. 6
  • On Journeys
  • On Sleep and Waking
  • IV. ON OTHER COMPOSERS
  • Letter from Urbana
  • To Perspectives of New Music Re. John Cage
  • The Corporealism of Harry Partch
  • Harry Partch/John Cage
  • Harry Partch's Cloud-Chamber Music
  • Beyond Harry Partch
  • Regarding La Monte Young
  • Notes on SourcesBibliography
  • Discography
  • Index
  • back cover

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