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UNINA9910452675603321 |
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Autore |
Gann Kyle |
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Titolo |
Robert Ashley [[electronic resource] /] / Kyle Gann |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-86830-X |
0-252-09456-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Composers - United States |
Television operas - History and criticism |
Music - 20th century - History and criticism |
Avant-garde (Music) - United States - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""1. Oh, How We Misunderstand (Introduction)""; ""2. The Vessel of the Eternal Present (The Early Years)""; ""3. When Slow Starts to Mean Something, We Crave Fast (The ONCE Years)""; ""4. Incredibly Slowly Our View Begins to Slide (The Mills College Years)""; ""5. I'm Not the Same Person That I Used to Be (Perfect Lives)""; ""6. Who Could Speak If Every Word Had Meaning? Atlanta (Acts of God))"" |
""7. If You Have to Ask You Can't Afford One (Now Eleanor's Idea)""""8. One Thing Follows the Next and I Just Do It (Dust, Celestial Excursions, Concrete, and Smaller Pieces""; ""Chronological List of Works by Robert Ashley""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Robert Ashley Discography""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work explores the life and works of the pioneering opera composer Robert Ashley, one of the leading American composers of the post-Cage generation. Ashley's innovations began in the 1960's when he, along with Alvin Lucier, Gordon Mumma, and David Behrman, formed the Sonic Arts Union. |
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