We have always been minimalist the construction and triumph of a musical style

"Rising out of the American art music movement of the late 1950s and 1960s, minimalism shook the foundations of the traditional constructs of classical music, becoming one of the most important and influential trends of the twentieth century. The emergence of minimalism sparked an active writin...

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Otros Autores: Levaux, Christophe, 1982- autor (autor), Vekony, Rose, traductor (traductor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland : University of California Press [2020]
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. 1960: Before Minimalism
  • 2. Taking Root in Modernity: New Music
  • 3. Transcribing Music: New York Avant-Gardists and Monotonality
  • 4. 1967: Giants?
  • 5. Creating Genres: The Theatre of Mixed Means and Dream Music
  • 6. Taking Sides over a New Medium: Electronic Music
  • 7. The New York Hypnotic School: Founding a Movement
  • 8. Untying the Bonds: Process Music
  • 9. Transfiguring Experimental Music: Minimal Music
  • 10. 1975: The Emergence of Minimalism
  • 11. Fighting or Laying Down Arms: Music with Roots in the Aether and Simplicity
  • 12. Persevering: Systems
  • 13. Giving Up Ground; Retaking It: Minimal Music
  • 14. Subscribing to an Idea: A New Current and Modern Music
  • 15. Disrupting the Status Quo: American Minimal Music
  • 16. Going beyond Modernity: Jameson and Lyotard
  • 17. Opening the Borders: Popular Music
  • 18. 1984: The Spread of Minimalism
  • 19. Confirming an Established Fact: Perspectives of New Music
  • 20. Furthering the Fight: New Sounds
  • 21. 1994: The Arrival of Minimalism
  • 22. In Conquest of the Twenty-First Century
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.