LEADER 03162nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910452675603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-86830-X 010 $a0-252-09456-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000000707518 035 $a(EBL)3414170 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000787199 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11440550 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000787199 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10813486 035 $a(PQKB)11030548 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414170 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000340928 035 $a(OCoLC)822018764 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25126 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414170 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10634378 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL418080 035 $a(OCoLC)923496593 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000707518 100 $a20121003d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRobert Ashley$b[electronic resource] /$fKyle Gann 210 $aUrbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (176 p.) 225 0$aAmerican composers 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-252-07887-X 311 $a0-252-03549-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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))"" 327 $a""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"" 330 8 $aThis work explores the life and works of the pioneering opera composer Robert Ashley, one of the leading American composers of the post-Cage generation. Ashley's innovations began in the 1960's when he, along with Alvin Lucier, Gordon Mumma, and David Behrman, formed the Sonic Arts Union. 410 0$aAmerican Composers 606 $aComposers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aTelevision operas$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMusic$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAvant-garde (Music)$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aComposers 615 0$aTelevision operas$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMusic$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAvant-garde (Music)$xHistory 676 $a780.92 676 $aB 700 $aGann$b Kyle$0959944 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452675603321 996 $aRobert Ashley$92175697 997 $aUNINA