Christian Wolff

Christian Wolff / Michael Hicks and Christian Asplund.

In this first interpretive narrative of the life and work of Christian Wolff, Michael Hicks and Christian Asplund trace the influences and sensibilities of a contemporary composer's atypical career path and restless imagination. Written in full cooperation with Wolff, including access to his pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hicks, Michael, 1956-
Other Authors: Asplund, Christian, 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012]
Series:American composers.
Subjects:
Wolff, Christian, > 1934-
1900-1999
Composers > United States > Biography.
Avant-garde (Music) > United States > History > 20th century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC > Individual Composer & Musician.
Avant-garde (Music)
Composers
United States
Electronic books.
Biographies
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction
  • 1. Orpheus in Tennis Sneakers
  • 2. Situations of Too Extreme Difficulty: 1951-1959
  • 3. Vast, Sparse Areas of Possibility: 1960-1969
  • 4. Let Playing Be Composition and Composition Playing: 1969-1974
  • 5. Something More Specifically Musical: 1973-1984
  • 6. Not to Do Something I've Already Done: 1982-1999
  • 7. Among Friends, in a Private World
  • NOTES
  • FOR FURTHER READING
  • RECORDINGS
  • INDEX

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