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New music, new allies : American experimental music in West Germany from the zero hour to reunification / Amy C. Beal.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beal, Amy C.
- Series:
- California studies in 20th-century music ; 4.
- California studies in 20th-century music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--Germany--20th century--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Germany.
- Avant-garde (Music).
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- A scholarly study of the politically motivated role the US played in supporting the experimental music tradition in post-war Europe.
- Contents:
- Introduction : West Germany and the American experimental tradition
- The American occupation and agents of reeducation (1945-1950)
- Debuts (1950-1954)
- Ambassadors for the American avant-garde (1955-1958)
- Musics of change : action after Cage (1959-1961)
- Changing of the guards (1962-1970)
- The pluralism paradigm (1970-1974)
- New allies and old heroes (1975-1990)
- Conclusion : from Darmstadt to Halberstadt.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-325) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0520247558
- OCLC:
- 61295914
- Publisher Number:
- 9780520247550
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