| The San Francisco Tape Music Center: 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde Contributor(s): Bernstein, David (Editor), Rockwell, John (Foreword by), Goebel, Johannes (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 0520256174 ISBN-13: 9780520256170 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: This book tells the story of the influential group of creative artists--Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, Tony Martin, and others--who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California art. An integral part of the robust San Francisco arts scene, the San Francisco Tape Music Center developed new art forms through collaborations with such artists as Terry Riley, Steve Reich, David Tudor, Ken Dewey, Lee Breuer, the San Francisco Actor's Workshop, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, Ann Halprin's Dancers' Workshop, and Canyon Cinema. Told through vivid personal accounts, interviews, and retrospective essays by leading scholars and artists, this work, capturing the rich, heady artistic milieu of the sixties, is the first comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 786.709 |
| LCCN: 2007040979 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.99" W x 9.88" (1.68 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Locality - San Francisco, California - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book tells the story of the influential group of creative artists--Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin--who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. An integral part of the robust San Francisco "scene," the San Francisco Tape Music Center developed new art forms through collaborations with Terry Riley, Steve Reich, David Tudor, Ken Dewey, Lee Breuer, the San Francisco Actor's Workshop, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Ann Halprin Dancers' Workshop, Canyon Cinema, and others. Told through vivid personal accounts, interviews, and retrospective essays by leading scholars and artists, this work, capturing the heady experimental milieu of the sixties, is the first comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center. |