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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823237003321

Autore

Hicks Michael <1956->

Titolo

Christian Wolff / / Michael Hicks and Christian Asplund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-60899-5

9786613921444

0-252-09416-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Collana

American composers

Altri autori (Persone)

AsplundChristian <1964->

Disciplina

780.92

Soggetti

Composers - United States

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Orpheus in Tennis Sneakers -- 2. Situations of Too Extreme Difficulty: 1951-1959 -- 3. Vast, Sparse Areas of Possibility: 1960-1969 -- 4. Let Playing Be Composition and Composition Playing: 1969-1974 -- 5. Something More Specifically "Musical": 1973-1984 -- 6. Not to Do Something I've Already Done: 1982-1999 -- 7. Among Friends, in a Private World -- NOTES -- FOR FURTHER READING -- RECORDINGS -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

In this interpretive narrative of the life and work of Christian Wolff, Michael Hicks and Christian Asplund trace the influences and sensibilities of a contemporary composer's atypical career path and restless imagination.