Transfigured New York : Interviews with Experimental Artists and Musicians, 1980-1990 / Brooke Wentz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wentz, Brooke, author.

Series:

Columbiana

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musicians--Interviews.

Musicians.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Transfigured New York presents conversations with iconic, genre-bending artists who shaped the sounds of experimental movements like no wave, avant-jazz, and electronic music.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Lee Ranaldo on the Scene

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. The Founding Theorists: Influential Figures of Contemporary Thought and Music Composition

1. John Cage

2. La Monte Young

Part II. The Materials Scientists: Pioneers of Tape and Electronic Music

3. David Behrman

4. Alvin Curran

5. Mario Davidovsky

6. Otto Luening

7. Roger Reynolds

8. Pril Smiley

9. Morton Subotnick

10. Joan Tower

11. Vladimir Ussachevsky

Photo Gallery 1

Part III. The Composers: Notable Contributors of Contemporary Musical Repertoire

12. Anthony Davis

13. David Diamond

14. Jacob Druckman

15. Lukas Foss

16. Philip Glass

17. Steve Reich

Part IV. The Iconoclasts: Eccentric Thought-Provoking Performers

18. Kelvyn Bell

19. Jean-Paul Bourelly

20. Glenn Branca

21. Fred Frith

22. Wayne Horvitz

Photo Gallery 2

Part V. The Vocalists: Experimenters with Voice and Words

23. Laurie Anderson

24. Joan La Barbara

Part VI. The Dissenters: Modern Jazz Innovators

25. Andrew Cyrille

26. Bill Frisell

27. Ronald Shannon Jackson

28. Evan Parker

Photo Gallery 3

Part VII. The Popular Avant-Garde: Pop Idiom Crossovers

29. Living Colour

30. Peter Gordon and Arthur Russell

31. John Lurie

32. Andy Partridge

Part VIII. The Global Nomads: International Superstars of Western Thought

33. Baaba Maal

34. Astor Piazzolla

35. Ravi Shankar

Part IX. The Performance Artists: Art Meets Movement

36. Eric Bogosian

37. David Harrington

38. Bill T. Jones

39. Margaret Leng Tan

40. Michel Waisvisz

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Wentz, Brooke Transfigured New York

ISBN:

0-231-55863-5

OCLC:

1402031888