a wide-ranging survey, and a valuable one...Deftly edited by Robert Adlington...throws a revealing light on a movement with too many manifestos in 'a decade that saw some of its most singular and provocative manifestations.'"
Robert Adlington is Professor of Musicology at the Royal College of Music. He is the author of books on Harrison Birtwistle, Louis Andriessen, and avant-garde music in 1960s Amsterdam, and is the editor of volumes on new music theatre, music and communism, and music and democracy.