The music of Morton Feldman

Author(s)

• DeLio, Thomas

Bibliographic Information

The music of Morton Feldman

Thomas DeLio

（Contributions to the study of music and dance, no. 36）（Profiles of American composers）

Greenwood Press, 1996

Note

Discography: p. 231-233

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-228) and index

Contents of Works

• Scenario for M.F / John Cage
• The Feldman paradoxes / Herman Sabbe
• Analytical investigations
• The composer's voice : three essays / by Morton Feldman

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Morton Feldman (1926-1987) is today widely regarded as one of America's foremost experimental composers. His unique body of compositions, as well as his numerous writings and interviews, provide a vast amount of source material for scholarly research. Yet, few have seriously examined his work. This collection of essays will help rectify this situation. This book begins with a brief work by John Cage written in honor of Morton Feldman. It is followed by a series of essays that challenge some views of Feldman's music and clarify many others. The collection concludes with a selection of essays written by the composer himself; these essays reveal as much about Feldman's own work and attitudes as they do about the work and thought of the many composers and artists about whom he wrote. The volume concludes with a list of Feldman's compositions, a bibliography, and a discography. This study, the first of a series of Profiles of American Composers, will be invaluable to musicologists and all involved with the music of the 20th century.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Thomas DeLio Scenario of M.F. by John Cage The Feldman Paradoxes: A Deconstructionist View of Musical Aesthetics by Herman Sabbe Projection I (1950) by John Welsh Last Pieces #3 (1959) by Thomas DeLio Three Clarinets, Cello, and Piano (1971) by Michael Hamman Piano (1977) by Paula Ames For John Cage (1982) by Wes York The Composer's Voice: Three Essays by Morton Feldman List of Compositions Bibliography Discography Index

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Details

• NCID: BA27465483
• ISBN:
  • 0313298033
• LCCN: 95024022
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 242 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : ML410.F2957
  • DC20 : 780/.92
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Feldman, Morton, 1926- -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Musical analysis
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA10431625
  • BA27465530