Whole World of Music (eBook, PDF)

A Henry Cowell Symposium
Redaktion: Nicholls, David

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

It is impossible to contain Henry Cowell within the boundaries of the consistencies of forms, styles, ensembles, and genres of Western art music. John Cage once described Cowell as the open sesame for new music in America. Of the thousand or so works catalogued by William Lichtenwanger, the majority are formally innovative single movement vocal or instrumental pieces, although there are 20 symphonies, five string quartets, and 8 suites of various kinds. Cowell was also innovative in his use of instruments from different cultures (jalatarang, dragonmouths, Japanese wind glasses, the shakuhachi flute) and in this book, Lou Harrison writes of Cowell's adventurous promotion of automobile junkyards for the finding of new sounds. In addition, Cowell was a tireless advocate of new music in the West, and Musics from other cultures worldwide, as a teacher, lecturer, publisher, and performer. He founded New Music Quarterly in 1927, wrote the influential book Ne In this major book of articles

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134419463
• Artikelnr.: 40296654

Autorenporträt

Nicholls, David

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Henry Cowell, David Nicholls
Part 1 Music
Chapter 2 âEURWorlds of IdeasâEUR?, Steven Johnson
Chapter 3 The Hymns and Fuguing Tunes, Wayne D. Shirley
Part 2 Two Personal Views
Chapter 4 Henry Cowell, Composer of Music, William Lichtenwanger
Chapter 5 Learning from Henry, Lou Harrison
Part 3 Words
Chapter 6 Subversive Prophet, Kyle Gann