John Zorn : tradition and transgression / John Brackett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brackett, John Lowell

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zorn, John, 1953---Criticism and interpretation.

Zorn, John.

Zorn, John, 1953-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xxv, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2008]

Summary:

John Zorn is one of the most prolific and active American composer-performers working today and has been a fixture of New York's "Downtown" scene since the mid-1970s where he has been an untiring proponent of avant-garde and experimental music. Zorn's musical language-an amalgam of seemingly incongruous techniques, sounds, styles, and genres-creates complex and sometimes confusing listening experiences. In his new study, John Brackett offers a number of perspectives for understanding Zorn's music and musical practices, while challenging certain assumptions that limit the ways in which contemporary music is typically addressed.

Contents:

From the fantastic to the dangerously real: reading John Zorn's artwork

Magick and mysticism in Zorn's recent works

Tradition, gifts, and Zorn's musical homages

Continuing the spiral: Aporias and the prisms of tradition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-210), discography (pages [169]-170), filmography(page 170), and index.

ISBN:

9780253352347

0253352347

9780253220257

0253220254

OCLC:

216935795