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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779365203321

Autore

Gann Kyle

Titolo

Robert Ashley [[electronic resource] /] / Kyle Gann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-86830-X

0-252-09456-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

American composers

Disciplina

780.92

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Soggetti

Composers - United States

Television operas - History and criticism

Music - 20th century - History and criticism

Avant-garde (Music) - United States - History - 20th century

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

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

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.