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

• Autore: Gann Kyle
• Pubblicazione: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 780.92; B
• Soggetto topico: Composers - United States; Television operas - History and criticism; Music - 20th century - History and criticism; Avant-garde (Music) - United States - History - 20th century
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Robert Ashley
• ISBN: 1-283-86830-X; 0-252-09456-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779365203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American Composers