Books : The Music of Morton Feldman (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance)
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by: Thomas DeLio
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 780.92
EAN: 9780313298035
ISBN: 0313298033
Label: Greenwood Press
Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 260
Publication Date: March 30, 1996
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Sales Rank: 1965818
Studio: Greenwood Press
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Morton Feldman (1926-1987) is today widely regarded as one of America's foremost experimental composers. His unique body of compositions, as well as his numerous writings and interviews, provide a vast amount of source material for scholarly research. This book begins with a brief work by John Cage written in honor of Morton Feldman. It is followed by a series of essays that challenge some views of Feldman's music and clarify many others. The collection concludes with a selection of essays written by the composer himself; these essays reveal as much about Feldman's own work and attitudes as they do about the work and thought of the many composers and artists about whom he wrote. The volume concludes with a list of Feldman's compositions, a bibliography, and a discography. This study, the first of a series of 'Profiles of American Composers,' will be invaluable to musicologists and all involved with the music of the 20th century.
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Rating: - Good compendium of things missed
Since his death in 1988, there has been no shortage of interest in Morton Feldman. While alive there was a small but devoted following. The Brits loved the utter beauty, and simplicity of his work, Composers Howard Skempton, Cornelius Cardew, even the improv ensemble AMM speak deeply of Feldman's influence. With this collection of analytical investigations the rigours of academia as well now are making,staking a claim. And that's illuminating because the Feldman aesthetic is the direct opposite ... Read More
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