American Minimal Music

Book cover: American Minimal Music

Extent: 136 pages

Publisher: Heinrich-Barth Institute

Subjects: Music & Performing Arts

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 1983)

ISBN: 9781871082005

Price: $24.95

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The music of Terry Riley, La Monte Young, Steve Reich and Philip Glass are dealt with in this book, and an ideological and historical background to minimal music is also provided.

Preface by Michael Nyman Part One: American Minimal Music 1.1 La Monte Young 1.2 Terry Riley 1.3 Steve Reich 1.4 Philip Glass 1.5 Basic Concepts of Minimal Music Part Two: The Historical Developments of Basic Concepts 2.1 Arnold Schoenberg 2.2 Webern and Post-serialism 2.3 Stockhausen 2.4 John Cage Part Three: Ideology 3.1 T W Adorno 3.2 Libidinal Philosophy Bibliography Acknowledgements