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8%OFFGordon Mumma - Cybersonic Arts: Adventures in American New Music - 9780252081019 - V9780252081019
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Cybersonic Arts: Adventures in American New Music

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Description for Cybersonic Arts: Adventures in American New Music Paperback. Editor(s): Fillion, Michelle. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 376 pages, 46 black and white photographs, 12 musical examples, 5 tables. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 618.
Composer, performer, instrument builder, teacher, and writer Gordon Mumma has left an indelible mark on the American contemporary music scene. A prolific composer and innovative French horn player, Mumma is recognized for integrating advanced electronic processes into musical structures, an approach he has termed Cybersonics. Musicologist Michelle Fillion curates a collection of Mumma's writings, presenting revised versions of his classic pieces as well as many unpublished works from every stage of his storied career. Here, through words and astonishing photos, is Mumma's chronicle of seminal events in the musical world of the twentieth century: his cofounding ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Music in American Life
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252081019
SKU
V9780252081019
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-14

About Gordon Mumma
Gordon Mumma worked for twenty years as a professor of music at the University of California. In 2000, he received the John Cage Award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. His wife Michelle Fillion is a professor of musicology at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, and the author of Difficult Rhythm: Music and the Word ... Read more

Reviews for Cybersonic Arts: Adventures in American New Music
Mumma's energetic perspectives on so many topics
as a scholar, inventor, technician, performer, composer, photographer, historian, and documentarian
richly enhance our perspective on this period of rapid change and fruitful innovation. A beautiful and much-anticipated achievement.
Amy C. Beal, author of Johanna Beyer and Carla Bley The firsthand histories flowing from this book are precious, provided by one ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Cybersonic Arts: Adventures in American New Music


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