Experimentalism Otherwise : The New York Avant-Garde and Its Limits /

In Experimental Otherwise, Benjamin Piekut takes the reader into the heart of what we mean by "experimental" in avant-garde music. Focusing on one place and time-New York City, 1964-Piekut examines five disparate events: the New York Philharmonic's disastrous performance of John Cage&...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Piekut, Benjamin, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Music
Avant-garde (Music)
MUSIC > General.
MUSIC > History & Criticism.
Musique experimentale > New York (État) > New York.
Avant-garde (Music) > New York (State) > New York.
Music > New York (State) > New York > 20th century > History and criticism.
New York (State) > New York.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • When orchestras attack! : John Cage meets the New York Philharmonic
  • Demolish serious culture! : Henry Flynt meets the New York avant-garde
  • October or thermidor? : the Jazz Composers Guild meets New York
  • Murder by cello : Charlotte Moorman meets John Cage.

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