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Title
Minimalists / by K. Robert Schwarz.
Author
ISBN
9780714847733 (pbk.)
0714847739 (pbk.)
9780714833811 (pbk.)
0714833819 (pbk.)
0714847739 (pbk.)
9780714833811 (pbk.)
0714833819 (pbk.)
Published
London : Phaidon, 1996.
Language
English
Description
239 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Call Number
ML390 .S3976 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification
780.904
Summary
Minimalism is arguably the most popular style of concert music that the late-twentieth century has produced, appealing to the widest possible audience - fans of rock, jazz and classical music. But the minimalist aesthetic has not been lacking in controversy. To its detractors, it is maddeningly repetitive and single-minded, no better than pop music masquerading as art. To its adherents, it is ecstatic and vibrant, combining classical, popular and non-Western elements to create a style that restores the severed link between composer and audience.
The two best-known minimalist composers, Americans Philip Glass and Steve Reich, are world-famous figures. But they can only properly be understood in the context of their predecessors (La Mome Young and Terry Riley) and their successors (John Adams, Meredith Monk, and Europeans such as Michael Nyman, Louis Andriessen, and Arvo Part). This book, the first overview of minimalism aimed at a general public, traces the lives of the minimalist composers, discusses their most significant works, and examines the artistic milieu from which they emerged.
The two best-known minimalist composers, Americans Philip Glass and Steve Reich, are world-famous figures. But they can only properly be understood in the context of their predecessors (La Mome Young and Terry Riley) and their successors (John Adams, Meredith Monk, and Europeans such as Michael Nyman, Louis Andriessen, and Arvo Part). This book, the first overview of minimalism aimed at a general public, traces the lives of the minimalist composers, discusses their most significant works, and examines the artistic milieu from which they emerged.
Note
"Classified lists of works": p. 218-227.
The two best-known minimalist composers, Americans Philip Glass and Steve Reich, are world-famous figures. But they can only properly be understood in the context of their predecessors (La Mome Young and Terry Riley) and their successors (John Adams, Meredith Monk, and Europeans such as Michael Nyman, Louis Andriessen, and Arvo Part). This book, the first overview of minimalism aimed at a general public, traces the lives of the minimalist composers, discusses their most significant works, and examines the artistic milieu from which they emerged.
The two best-known minimalist composers, Americans Philip Glass and Steve Reich, are world-famous figures. But they can only properly be understood in the context of their predecessors (La Mome Young and Terry Riley) and their successors (John Adams, Meredith Monk, and Europeans such as Michael Nyman, Louis Andriessen, and Arvo Part). This book, the first overview of minimalism aimed at a general public, traces the lives of the minimalist composers, discusses their most significant works, and examines the artistic milieu from which they emerged.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes discography.
Includes discography.
Series
20th-century composers.
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
La Monte Young and Terry Riley
Steve Reich, minimalist
Steve Reich, maximalist
Philip Glass, minimalist
Philip Glass, maximalist
Adams, Monk, and post-minimalism
Europeans : Nyman, Andriessen, Pärt.
Steve Reich, minimalist
Steve Reich, maximalist
Philip Glass, minimalist
Philip Glass, maximalist
Adams, Monk, and post-minimalism
Europeans : Nyman, Andriessen, Pärt.