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Robert Ashley

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Description for Robert Ashley Paperback. A bold innovator who redefined contemporary opera Series: American Composers. Num Pages: 184 pages, 12 b&w photographs, 4 charts, discography. BIC Classification: AVGC9; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.

This book explores the life and works of the pioneering opera composer Robert Ashley, one of the leading American composers of the post-Cage generation. Ashley's innovations began in the 1960s when he, along with Alvin Lucier, Gordon Mumma, and David Behrman, formed the Sonic Arts Union, a group that turned conceptualism toward electronics. He was also instrumental in the influential ONCE Group, a theatrical ensemble that toured extensively in the 1960s.During his tenure as its director, the ONCE Festival in Ann Arbor presented most of the decade's pioneers of the performing arts. Particularly known for his development of television operas ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
American Composers
Condition
New
Weight
265g
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252078873
SKU
V9780252078873
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About Kyle Gann
Kyle Gann is an associate professor of music at Bard College and the author of several books, including Music Downtown: Writings from the Village Voice and John Cage's 4'33".

Reviews for Robert Ashley
"Gann's book is a survey of Western tuning, and it does not suffer at all from so little inclusion of non-Western music. . . . The history of theory presented throughout the book is thorough and engaging."
Notes "Gann's new book, without removing any of the essential mystery of the work, ably lays bare Ashley's immense achievement:  the discovery of ... Read more

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