Christian Wolff /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
2012
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| Series: | American composers.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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 papers, this volume is a much-needed introduction to a leading avant-garde composer still living, writing music, and speaking about his own work. _x000B__x000B_Wolff has pioneered various compositional and notational idioms, including overtly political music, indeterminacy, graphic scores, and extreme virtuosity. Hicks and Asplund cover Wolff's family life and formative years, his role as a founder of the New York School of composers, and the context of his life and work as part of the John Cage circle, as well as his departures from it. Critically assessing Wolff's place within the experimental musical field, this volume captures both his eloquence and reticence and provides insights into his broad interests and activities within music and beyond._x000B_ |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-110) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780252094163 0252094166 1283608995 9781283608992 9786613921444 6613921440 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record. |
