The American composers la Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass are widely regarded as pioneers of the aesthetic and the techniques of minimalism in musical composition during the 1960s and early 1970s. This book offers the most detailed account so far of their early works, putting extensive discussion of the music into a biographical perspective. The true musical minimalism of these years is placed in the wider context of their music as a whole, and considered within the cultural conditions of the period which saw not only the rise of minimalism in the fine arts but also crucial changes in the theory and practice of musical composition in the Western cultivated tradition.
| ISBN: | 9780521482509 |
| Publication date: | 15th June 2000 |
| Author: | Keith Potter |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 390 pages |
| Series: | Music in the Twentieth Century |
| Genres: |
Art music, orchestral and formal music |
The American composers la Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass are widely regarded as pioneers of the aesthetic and the techniques of minimalism in musical composition during the 1960s and early 1970s. This book offers the most detailed account so far of their early works, putting extensive discussion of the music into a biographical perspective.
Four Musical Minimalists features in the following genres: Art music, orchestral and formal music
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Four Musical Minimalists was written by Keith Potter and published by Cambridge University Press
Four Musical Minimalists has 390 pages
Yes it is part of Music in the Twentieth Century series