
Four Musical Minimalists
La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass
Keith Potter(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 15. June 2000
Book
Hardback
406 pages
978-0-521-48250-9 (ISBN)
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Description
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.
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'... an energetic, readable, cogently argued tome, cram-packed with info ... Four Musical Minimalists is impeccably researched, written with enthusiasm but without evangelical defensiveness.' Gramophone '... a massive achievement, and an absolutely essential resource for anyone interested in the history of minimalism.' Wire '... an indispensable and meticulous survey.' Musical TimesMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
59 Printed music items
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
874 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-48250-9 (9780521482509)
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Person
Keith Potter is a Senior Lecturer in Music at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He was the founding editor of Contact: A Journal of Contemporary Music, and is the author of many articles on twentieth-century musical topics. He currently contributes regularly to The Independent.
Content
Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. La Monte Young; 2. Terry Riley; 3. Steve Reich; 4. Philip Glass; Notes; Discography; Bibliography; Index.