Minimalist music George Grella Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grella, George, Jr., author.

Series:

Genre (New York, N.Y.)

Genre : a 33 1/3 Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minimal music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York Bloomsbury Academic 2026

Summary:

"Minimalist Musiclooks critically into the music’s past, shows how the genre thrives across styles, and points the way toward minimalism’s ongoing future. Minimalism as a genre is best defined not by any style or flavor but by its means. Certain rhythms and chords in other music may identify things like jazz or bossa nova or reggae; take those same elements and put them through the processes of minimalism and you have minimalism with the hues of other musics. A still young genre with ancient roots, minimalism is much less any kind of style than a practice, a manner of making music. Reviving those means and applying them to contemporary sounds and experiences, the pioneers of minimalism created a new and avant-garde music that immediately communicated its power to listeners of all kinds. The global appeal of minimalism and the way the methods adapt to myriad styles open up a view into how music actually works as an art and an experience, how through time it connects in a fundamental way to how we as humans listen"-- Bloomsbury Collections

Contents:

What a word’s worth

Time and western man

Minimalist music

Post and pop

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and discography

Online resource; title from home page (Bloomsbury Collection, viewed March 11, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Grella, George, Jr. Minimalist music

ISBN:

9798765123461

9798765123454

9798765123478

OCLC:

1568043688

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license