Composing ambiguity : the early music of Morton Feldman / Alistair Noble.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noble, Alistair.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987--Criticism and interpretation.

Feldman, Morton.

Composition (Music).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington : Ashgate, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Alistair Noble reveals key aspects of Morton Feldman's musical language as it developed during a crucial period in the early 1950's. Drawing models from primary sources, he shows that Feldman worked deliberately within a two-dimensional frame, allowing a focus upon the fundamental materials of sounding pitch in time. Through close reading of several important works, Noble shows that there is a remarkable consistency of compositional method, despite the varied experimental notations used by Feldman at this time. Indeed, much of the language developed by Feldman in this period was still in use

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Listening to Process, Playing the System; 2 'to create music as if on a canvas': Intermission 5 (1952); 3 Piano Piece 1952: 'a discipline of vagueness'; 4 Intermission 6 (1953): 'the outlines of becoming'; 5 'Primitive Designs': Hearing and Thinking through Intersection 3; 6 Playing Feldman; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-57322-9

1-317-16267-6

1-317-16266-8

1-299-26355-0

1-4094-5165-8

9781315573229

OCLC:

830163017