Christian Wolff

by Hicks, Michael

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Title Statements

Full title :Christian Wolff / Michael Hicks and Christian Asplund.

Summary

In this first interpretive narrative of the life and work of Christian Wolff, Michael Hicks and Christian Asplund trace the influences and sensibilities of a contemporary composer's atypical career path and restless imagination. Written in full cooperation with Wolff, including access to his papers, this volume is a much-needed introduction to a leading avant-garde composer still living, writing music, and speaking about his own work. _x000B__x000B_Wolff has pioneered various compositional and notational idioms, including overtly political music, indeterminacy, graphic scores, and extreme virtuosity. Hicks and Asplund cover Wolff's family life and formative years, his role as a founder of the New York School of composers, and the context of his life and work as part of the John Cage circle, as well as his departures from it. Critically assessing Wolff's place within the experimental musical field, this volume captures both his eloquence and reticence and provides insights into his broad interests and activities within music and beyond._x000B_

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Illinois Press
Place of Publication:Urbana
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780252094163, 0252094166, 1283608995, 9781283608992
oclc:ocn842262346
LC Classification:ML410.W814
Dewey Decimal:780.92

Cover -- Title Page -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Orpheus in Tennis Sneakers -- 2. Situations of Too Extreme Difficulty: 1951-1959 -- 3. Vast, Sparse Areas of Possibility: 1960-1969 -- 4. Let Playing Be Composition and Composition Playing: 1969-1974 -- 5. Something More Specifically Musical: 1973-1984 -- 6. Not to Do Something I've Already Done: 1982-1999 -- 7. Among Friends, in a Private World -- NOTES -- FOR FURTHER READING -- RECORDINGS -- INDEX

Subjects

Avant-garde (Music) Avant-garde (Music) -- History -- 20th … Biographies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers … Composers Composers -- Biography -- United States Compositeurs -- Biographies. -- États-U… Electronic books History MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician Musique expérimentale -- Histoire -- 20… United States Wolff, Christian