Circumscribing the open universe

Author(s)

• DeLio, Thomas

Bibliographic Information

Circumscribing the open universe

Thomas DeLio

University Press of America, c1984

• : pbk

Other Title

Circumscribing the open universe : essays on, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff, Robert Ashley, Alvin Lucier

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Explores the concept of open structure as it has evolved in the music of the American avant-garde throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The works of five composers are examined in detail: John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff, Robert Ashley and Alvin Lucier.

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Details

• NCID: BA71196926
• ISBN:
  • 0819137480
• LCCN: 83023329
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Lanham, MD
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 105 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : ML200.5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Music -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Aleatory music -- History and criticism