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Minimalists / by K. Robert Schwarz.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML390 .S3976 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwarz, K. Robert.
- Series:
- 20th-century composers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Composers--Biography.
- Composers.
- Music--United States--20th century--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Minimal music.
- United States.
- Minimal music--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 239 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Phaidon, 2008.
- Summary:
- Minimalism is arguably the most popular style of concert music that the late twentieth century has produced, appealing to the widest possible audience -- fans of rock, jazz and classical music. It is an ecstatic and vibrant movement, combining classical, popular and non-Western elements to create a style that restores the severed link between composer and audience. The movement is surveyed here from its beginnings, through a study of its principal American exponents -- La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass -- and on to the 'post-minimalism' of John Adams, Michael Nyman, Louis Andriessen and Arvo Part.
- Contents:
- La Monte Young and Terry Riley
- Steve Reich, minimalist
- Steve Reich, maximalist
- Philip Glass, minimalist
- Philip Glass, maximalist
- Adams, Monk, and post-minimalism
- Europeans : Nyman, Andriessen, Pärt.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 1996.
- "Classified lists of works": p. 218-227.
- Includes bibliographical references (228) and index.
- Discography: pages 229-232.
- ISBN:
- 9780714847733
- 0714847739
- OCLC:
- 195749612
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