Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
Untertitel:
A Henry Cowell Symposium
Herausgeber:
Taylor and Francis
Erscheinungsdatum:
23.06.1998
"I have never deliberately concerned myself with developing a distinctive "personal" style, but only with the excitement and pleasure of writing music as beautifully, as warmly, and as interestingly as I can." -- Henry Cowell
Autorentext
Nicholls, David
Klappentext
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Zusammenfassung
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
Inhalt
Chapter 1 Henry Cowell, David Nicholls; Part 1 Music; Chapter 2 âWorlds of Ideasâ, 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;
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