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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809214403321

Autore

Mumma Gordon

Titolo

Cybersonic arts : adventures in american new music / / Gordon Mumma ; edited with commentary by Michelle Fillion ; foreword by Christian Wolff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-252-09754-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Collana

Music in American Life

Disciplina

970

Soggetti

Music - United States - 20th century

Electronic music

Computer music

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

Foreword / by Christian Wolff -- Introduction / by Michelle Fillion -- Preamble. Gordon Mumma : a short biography / by Michelle Fillion -- part I. Unmarked interchange : Ann Arbor and the once years (1960-66) -- part II. Cybersonics and the sonic arts (1966-75) -- part III. In the Cunningham circle -- part IV. Not wanting to say anything about John (Cage) -- part V. Latin America -- part VI. An American gallery -- part VII. Mumma on Mumma -- Appendix. Selective list of Gordon Mumma's musical compositions.

Sommario/riassunto

Composer, performer, instrument builder, teacher, and writer Gordon Mumma has left an indelible mark on the American contemporary music scene. A prolific composer and innovative French horn player, Mumma is recognized for integrating advanced electronic processes into musical structures, an approach he has termed "Cybersonics." Musicologist Michelle Fillion curates a collection of Mumma's writings, presenting revised versions of his classic pieces as well as many unpublished works from every stage of his storied career. Here, through words and astonishing photos, is Mumma's chronicle of seminal events in the musical world of the twentieth century: his cofounding the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music; his role in



organizing the historic ONCE Festivals of Contemporary Music; performances with the Sonic Arts Union; and working alongside John Cage and David Tudor as a composer-musician with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. In addition, Mumma describes his collaborations with composers, performers, dancers, and visual artists ranging from Robert Ashley and Pauline Oliveros to Marcel Duchamp and Robert Rauschenberg. Candid and insightful, Cybersonic Arts is the eye-opening account of a broad artistic community by an active participant and observer.