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1. Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond (Music in the Twentieth Century) by Michael Nyman | |
Paperback: 216
Pages
(1999-08-28)
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Somewhat superficial
Not a revision, a reprint
A Classic Introduction
THE 20th CENTURY RADICAL AVANT-GARDE
processes and fields of sound, not time-objects... "Not an attempt to understand...Just an attention to the activity of sounds." One of the great strengths of Nyman's short book is his careful attempt to define experimental music before he moves on to discuss the artists and their music.To summarize and paraphrase, he says experimental composers are excited by creating "a process of generating action," involving situations or fields delineated by compositional rules, but leaving them open to the performers. (4) Experimental music is uncompromisingly radical, and represents an ongoing influence on creative music, but has certainly not become any sort of popular movement.So for instance, while the early "minimalists" Young and Riley were arguably part of the experimental tendency, as were Reich's early phase patterns, (and hence are included here by Nyman), the later works of Reich, and especially Glass, are no longer open and experimental.And while Eno and recent techno/ambient artists have been influenced, their innovations have been more technical than conceptual by comparison. My recommendation if this sounds intriguing -- check out anything by the English free-improv group AMM, which is nowadays constituted by Eddie Prevost on percussion, Keith Rowe on guitar and electronics, and John Tilbury on piano! ... Read more |
2. Revisiting The Piano by Michael Nyman | |
Paperback: 24
Pages
(1998-12-31)
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It's what I was hoping for |
3. American Minimal Music by Wim Mertens | |
Paperback: 128
Pages
(1988-03-31)
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4. The Music of Michael Nyman by Pwyll ap Siôn | |
Hardcover: 246
Pages
(2007-09-30)
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5. Michael Nyman Film Music for Solo Piano by Michael Nyman | |
Paperback: 48
Pages
(1998-03-01)
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I only bought it for the music of 'The Piano' |
6. Michael Nyman: The Piano Collection for Piano Solo | |
Paperback: 96
Pages
(2005-10-19)
Isbn: 1846092396 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
7. Postmodern Composers: Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Louis Andriessen, Luciano Berio, Michael Nyman, John Zorn, Arvo Pärt | |
Paperback: 274
Pages
(2010-09-15)
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8. Michael Nyman: Out Of The Ruins (Music Sales America) by Michael Nyman | |
Paperback: 28
Pages
(1995-07-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description This work was written in the aftermath of the 1988 earthquake in Armenia for a BBC television documentary.Scored for mixed voices, SATB with optional organ accompaniment.Duration 21 minutes. |
9. Música experimental. De John Cage en endavant (Spanish Edition) by Michael Nyman | |
Paperback: 256
Pages
(2009-03-26)
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10. Michael Nyman: Wonderland (Solo Piano) by Music Sales America - | |
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(2010-01-01)
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11. Michael Nyman: Three Pieces For Solo Harpsichord by Unknown | |
Unknown Binding:
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(2009)
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12. Musique Minimaliste: Arvo Pärt, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, La Monte Young, Terry Riley, John Coolidge Adams, Michael Nyman, Phasing (French Edition) | |
Paperback: 166
Pages
(2010-08-04)
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13. English Film Score Composers: Peter Gabriel, Ron Goodwin, Michael Nyman, William Walton, Clint Mansell, Mick Taylor, Ronnie Wood, John Barry | |
Paperback: 428
Pages
(2010-09-15)
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14. People From Stratford: Gerard Manley Hopkins, Michael Nyman, Leo Fortune-West, Alexander Mcqueen, Sam Brown, Chris Hughton, David Webb | |
Paperback: 116
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(2010-09-15)
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15. Michael Nyman Albums: Enemy Zero, and Do They Do|zoo Caprices, Wonderland | |
Paperback: 22
Pages
(2010-10-25)
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16. English Musicologists: Michael Nyman, Robert Simpson, Hubert Parry, George Alexander Macfarren, William Waterhouse, Antony Beaumont | |
Paperback: 194
Pages
(2010-09-15)
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17. Michael Nyman: Wonderland (Solo Piano) (Music Sales America) by Michael Nyman | |
Paperback: 24
Pages
(2000-12-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Music for the film Wonderland<-i>, for solo piano. |
18. Michael Nyman: Film Music For Solo Piano by Music Sales America | |
Paperback:
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(2009-06-01)
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19. Operas by Michael Nyman: Facing Goya, Noises, Sounds | |
Paperback: 36
Pages
(2010-09-15)
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20. Mary Kelly: The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi: With an Original Score By Michael Nyman | |
Unknown Binding:
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(2001-01-01)
Asin: 0962494119 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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