Whole World of Music: A Henry Cowell Symposium

ISBN-13: 9789057550041 / Miękka / 1998 / 260 str.

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Opis

In this major book of articles and reminiscences, David Nicholls brings together for the first time a symposium dealing exclusively with Cowell and his work, providing a portrait of a composer who really engaged with "the whole world of music"

Recenzje

"I have never deliberately concerned myself with developing a distinctive "personal" style, but only with the excitement and pleasure of writing music as beautifully, as warmly, and as interestingly as I can." -- Henry Cowell

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Henry Cowell, David Nicholls; Part 1 Music; Chapter 2 “Worlds of Ideas”, Steven Johnson; Chapter 3 The Hymns and Fuguing Tunes, Wayne D. Shirley; Part 2 Two Personal Views; Chapter 4 Henry Cowell, Composer of Music, William Lichtenwanger; Chapter 5 Learning from Henry, Lou Harrison; Part 3 Words; Chapter 6 Subversive Prophet, Kyle Gann;

O autorze

Nicholls, David