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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465801003321

Titolo

Sound commitments [[electronic resource] ] : avant-garde music and the sixties / / edited by Robert Adlington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-533665-8

1-281-98707-7

9786611987077

0-19-971436-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

780.9/04

Soggetti

Music - Political aspects - History - 20th century

Avant-garde (Music)

Nineteen sixties

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Avant-garde : some introductory notes on the politics of a label / Hubert F. van den Berg -- Ideologies. "Demolish serious culture!" : Henry Flynt and Workers World Party / Benjamin Piekut ; Forms of opposition at the "politiek-demonstratief experimenteel" concert / Robert Adlington ; Aesthetic theories and revolutionary practice : Nikolaus A. Huber and Clytus Gottwald in dissent / Beate Kutschke -- Rethinking the popular. "Music is a universal human right" : Musica Elettronica Viva / Amy C. Beal -- The problem of the political in Steve Reich's Come out / Sumanth Gopinath ; The politics of Presque rien / Eric Drott -- Politicising performance. ONCE and the sixties / Ralf Dietrich ; "Scream against the sky" : Japanese avant-garde music in the sixties / Yayoi Uno Everett -- The challenge of institutionalization. After the October revolution : the jazz avant-garde in New York, 1964-65 / Bernard Gendron ; American cultural diplomacy and the mediation of avant-garde music / Danielle Fosler-Lussier ; From Scriabin to Pink Floyd : the ANS synthesizer and the politics of Soviet music between thaw and stagnation / Peter J. Schmelz.



Sommario/riassunto

List of contributors  Introduction: Avant-garde Music and the Sixties  1. Avant-garde-Some Introductory Notes on the Politics of a Label  2. ""Demolish Serious Culture!"": Henry Flynt and Workers World Party  3. Forms of Opposition at the 'Politiek-Demonstratief Experimenteel' Concert  4. Aesthetic Theories and Revolutionary Practice: Nikolaus A. Huber and Clytus Gottwald in Dissent  5. ""Music is a Universal Human Right"": Musica Elettronica Viva  6. The Problem of the Political in Steve Reich's Come Out  8. ONCE and the Sixties  9. ""Scream Against the Sky"": Japanese Avant-garde Music in th