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Colin McPhee: Composer in Two Worlds
Carol J. Oja
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Description for Colin McPhee: Composer in Two Worlds
Paperback. Traces the life, influences on fellow musicians, and struggles of a pioneer among American composers who turned to the island of Bali for inspiration. Presenting an unconventional life, this title is designed for scholars, musicians or those interested in 20th century American or Balinese music. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 photographs, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 626.
Colin McPhee was a performer, writer, and pioneer among Western composers in turning to Asia for inspiration. A close friend of Aaron Copland, Carlos Chavez, Henry Cowell, and Virgil Thomson, he played a vital role in new music activities in New York in the 1920s. But his most important accomplishments emerged from his devotion to the music of Bali.
Colin McPhee was a performer, writer, and pioneer among Western composers in turning to Asia for inspiration. A close friend of Aaron Copland, Carlos Chavez, Henry Cowell, and Virgil Thomson, he played a vital role in new music activities in New York in the 1920s. But his most important accomplishments emerged from his devotion to the music of Bali.
After hearing rare recordings of the Balinese gamelan--a percussion orchestra with delicately layered textures and clangorous sounds--McPhee traveled to Bali to learn more. There, he worked closely with Western anthropologists like Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. McPhee became a devoted and ... Read more
A fascinating portrait of an unconventional artist-scholar, Colin McPhee evocatively looks at key issues in composition and ethnomusicology while describing the profound experience of a composer striving to comprehend a new musical language.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Music in American Life
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252071805
SKU
V9780252071805
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About Carol J. Oja
Carol J. Oja is the William Powell Mason Professor of Music at Harvard University. Her books include Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War and Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s
Reviews for Colin McPhee: Composer in Two Worlds
"A strong and necessary argument for the reconsideration of McPhee's work as a composer."
Larry Polansky, Ethnomusicology "Carol Oja has recounted his story with outstanding thoroughness and sensitivity. . . . McPhee's legacy is a small body of specialized work, creative and scholarly, that suggested new paths in the music of this century. It deserved
indeed, awaited
the full and well-balanced study Oja ... Read more
Larry Polansky, Ethnomusicology "Carol Oja has recounted his story with outstanding thoroughness and sensitivity. . . . McPhee's legacy is a small body of specialized work, creative and scholarly, that suggested new paths in the music of this century. It deserved
indeed, awaited
the full and well-balanced study Oja ... Read more