THINKING SOUND MUSIC. THE LIFE AND WORK OF ROBERT ERICKSON [HARDBACK]

SHERE, C.

ISBN 10: 0914913336 / ISBN 13: 9780914913337

Published by FALLEN LEAF PRESS, BERKELEY, CA, 1995

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SHERE, C.: THINKING SOUND MUSIC. THE LIFE AND WORK OF ROBERT ERICKSON [HARDBACK] . BERKELEY, CA, 1995, xviii 277 p. cd-audio, 715 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (MD-N) 715 gr.

Seller Inventory # 48754

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THINKING SOUND MUSIC. THE LIFE AND WORK OF ROBERT ERICKSON [HARDBACK]
• Publisher: FALLEN LEAF PRESS, BERKELEY, CA
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0914913336
• ISBN 13: 9780914913337
• Binding: Tapa dura
• Edition: 1ª edición.
• Condition: New
• Weight: 715 grams
• Book Type: Libro
• Seller catalogs:
  • Musica

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Synopsis

Robert Erickson's music bristles with the quintessential virtues of modernist American composers: intelligence, good humor, lyricism, rich sonorities, inventive sound-colors. It is firmly rooted in a thorough understanding of all musics now available, from ancient Greece to John Cage, yet it speaks with a characteristically American voice, direct and good-natured, attuned to the vernacular, never condescending to its audiences.

Review

Shere is a persuasive advocate; he not only writes well and engagingly about Erickson's life and works but sketches a history of his professional milieu, the West Coast New Music scene, over three decades. This larger picture fills in some gaps in conventional views of American music. (Choice)