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Mikel Rouse
One of the most innovative composers of his generation, Mikel Rouse is known for a trilogy of operas that includes Dennis Cleveland and a gift for superimposing pop vernaculars onto…
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Kyle Gann
A bold innovator who redefined contemporary opera
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In 1921, insurance executive Charles Ives sent out copies of a piano sonata to two hundred strangers. Laden with dissonant chords, complex rhythm, and a seemingly chaotic structure, the so-called…
Tuning is the secret lens through which the history of music falls into focus, says Kyle Gann. Yet in Western circles, no other musical issue is so ignored, so taken…
Conlon Nancarrow has written the most rhythmically complex music the world has ever known, so complex that it can only be realized on a mechanical player piano. His music has…
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A collection that represents the cream of the more than five hundred articles written for the Village Voice by Kyle Gann, a leading authority on experimental American music of the…
First performed at the midpoint of the twentieth century, John Cage’s 4'33 , a composition conceived of without a single musical note, is among the most celebrated and ballyhooed cultural…
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Keith Potter,Kyle Gann
In recent years the music of minimalist composers has become the subject of important musicological reflection, research and debate. This companion provides an authoritative overview of research in this area…
Robert Ashley
Also includes selections from a series of talks at the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College in 1989 –Pref.
John Cage
Special edition of the book that revolutionized our understanding of how we make and experience art
A compelling portrait of composer-performer Julius Eastman’s enigmatic and intriguing life and music.
