| American Composers Contributor(s): Strickland, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 025320643X ISBN-13: 9780253206435 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $19.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1991 Annotation: The composers discuss in detail the development of their individual styles, the influence of their musical antecedents, and their own predilections in contemporary music. These candid, in-depth conversations are witty and articulate and reveal a broad spectrum of musical personalities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Individual Composer & Musician - Biography & Autobiography | Music |
| Dewey: 780.922 |
| LCCN: 90046787 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.17" W x 9.26" (0.91 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: . . . Strickland's own deep involvement with the works of these composers [is] revealed by the questions and comments he poses in an appreciative, Paterian way. His profound pleasure in these works also leads him to scrutinize and challenge them intimately. --Publishers Weekly This is an indispensable book about American music . . . --Fanfare . . . exhilarating . . . Any of the interviews in American Composers will stimulate your curiosity and appetite. --Hungry Mind Review . . . not only engaging, but also a useful representation of the major compositional styles of the 1980s and their corresponding practitioners. --Notes Philip Glass, Keith Jarrett, Meredith Monk, and eight other active American composers reveal a broad spectrum of musical personalities in these candid, in-depth conversations. Witty and articulate, their remarks convey the great vitality, diversity, and distinctiveness of today's American music. |