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In this first interpretive narrative of the life and work of Christian Wolff, Michael Hicks and Christian Asplund trace the influences and sensibilities of a contemporary composer's atypical career path and restless imagination. Written in full cooperation with Wolff, including access to his pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hicks, Michael, 1956-
Other Authors: Asplund, Christian, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wolff, Christian, > 1934-
Composers.
Avant-garde (Music)
MUSIC > Individual Composer & Musician.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
Musique experimentale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Compositeurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Avant-garde (Music) > United States > History > 20th century.
Composers > United States > Biography.
United States.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction
  • 1. Orpheus in Tennis Sneakers
  • 2. Situations of Too Extreme Difficulty: 1951-1959
  • 3. Vast, Sparse Areas of Possibility: 1960-1969
  • 4. Let Playing Be Composition and Composition Playing: 1969-1974
  • 5. Something More Specifically Musical: 1973-1984
  • 6. Not to Do Something I've Already Done: 1982-1999
  • 7. Among Friends, in a Private World
  • NOTES
  • FOR FURTHER READING
  • RECORDINGS
  • INDEX

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