Words and Spaces: An Anthology of Twentieth Century Musical Experiments in Language Sonic Environments

Author:   Stuart Saunders Smith ,  Thomas DeLio
Publisher:   University Press of America
ISBN:  

9780819174260


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   10 August 1989
Format:   Paperback
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Words and Spaces: An Anthology of Twentieth Century Musical Experiments in Language Sonic Environments


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This volume is presented as a collection of primary research materials for scholars and artists. Each composer presents either a score or some form of documentation of one of his works and, in an accompanying essay, discusses his music in detail, exploring both its aesthetic and structural premises. The purpose of this book is not to present analyses or critical evaluations of this original and diverse body of works but rather, for the first time, to document the major activities of recent composers working in the important hybrid media of sound-text and sound-installation. It is hoped that this book will mark the beginning of a general recognition of the importance of such inter-media works as well as encourage future exploration of the aesthetic and structural innovations continued therein. Composers discussed include John Cage, Robert Ashley, Max Neuhaus, Alvin Lucier and Kenneth Gaburo.

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Author:   Stuart Saunders Smith ,  Thomas DeLio
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   University Press of America
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.422kg
ISBN:  

9780819174260


ISBN 10:   0819174262
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   10 August 1989
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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...an excellent introduction of the non-specialist reader into the vast domains in between speech and music...It is both informative and makes for exciting reading. -- Herman Sabbe, Professor of Musicology at Ghent State University, Belgium ...an excellent introduction of the non-specialist reader into the vast domains in between speech and music...It is both informative and makes for exciting reading. -- Herman Sabbe, Professor of Musicology at Ghent State University, Belgium


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