03126nam 2200709 a 450 991081791140332120240417222438.01-283-86830-X0-252-09456-5(CKB)2550000000707518(EBL)3414170(SSID)ssj0000787199(PQKBManifestationID)11440550(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000787199(PQKBWorkID)10813486(PQKB)11030548(MiAaPQ)EBC3414170(StDuBDS)EDZ0000340928(OCoLC)822018764(MdBmJHUP)muse25126(Au-PeEL)EBL3414170(CaPaEBR)ebr10634378(CaONFJC)MIL418080(OCoLC)923496593(EXLCZ)99255000000070751820121003d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRobert Ashley /Kyle Gann1st ed.Urbana University of Illinois Pressc20121 online resource (176 p.)American composersDescription based upon print version of record.0-252-07887-X 0-252-03549-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""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.American ComposersComposersUnited StatesBiographyTelevision operasHistory and criticismMusic20th centuryHistory and criticismAvant-garde (Music)United StatesHistory20th centuryComposersTelevision operasHistory and criticism.MusicHistory and criticism.Avant-garde (Music)History780.92BGann Kyle1605284MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817911403321Robert Ashley3977193UNINA