Four Musical Minimalists: La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass (Music in the Twentieth Century)
by Keith Potter
from Cambridge University Press
This book offers the most detailed account so far of the early works of these four minimalist composers, putting extensive discussion of the music into a biographical perspective. The true musical minimalism of the 1960s and early 1970s is placed in the wider context of their music as a whole, and considered within the cultural conditions of the period, which saw not only the rise of minimalism in the fine arts but also crucial changes in the theory and practice of musical composition in the Western cultivated tradition.
This book offers the most detailed account so far of the early works of these four minimalist composers, putting extensive discussion of the music into a biographical perspective. The true musical minimalism of the 1960s and early 1970s is placed in the wider context of their music as a whole, and considered within the cultural conditions of the period, which saw not only the rise of minimalism in the fine arts but also crucial changes in the theory and practice of musical composition in the Western cultivated tradition.
Music by Philip Glass
Glass: A Portrait
by Robert Maycock
from Sanctuary Publishing, Ltd.
Written jointly as an appraisal of his work and a biography, Philip Glass details the landmark points of his career and the artists he recorded with, such as Ravi Shankar.
Singing Archaeology: Philip Glass's Akhnaten (Music/Culture)
by John Richardson
from Wesleyan
While Philip Glass's operas, film scores, symphonies, and popular works have made him America's best-known classical composer, almost no analysis of his compositional techniques grounded in current cultural theory has yet been published. John Richardson's in-depth examination shows how the third opera of Glass's famous trilogy, the story of an adrogynous monarch who authored radical social and religious reforms, encapsulates Glass's ideational orientation at the time, both in terms of his unique conception of music theater and with regard to broader social questions. Glass's nontraditional musical syntax, his experimental, minimalist approach, and his highly ambiguous tonality have resisted interpretation, but Richardson overcomes those difficulties by developing new theoretical models through which to analyze both the work and its genesis.
In Akhnaten, Richardson says, the composer's concepts of sound and dramatic context, cultural theory, and gender construction intersect, providing perhaps the best demonstration of "the very nature of Glass's aesthetic, which places a strong emphasis on implicit levels of signification and steers clear of conventional 'story telling' narrative strategies." Careful explanations of theory and compositional strategies, close readings of the work itself, consideration of the collaborative aspects of the opera's evolution, and incorporation of previously unpublished interviews with Glass himself combine to illuminate both a landmark work of contemporary musical theater and a dominant figure on the American musical landscape.
Writings on Glass: Essays, Interviews, Criticism
by Richard Kostelanetz
from University of California Press
Philip Glass, composer of symphonies, operas (Einstein on the Beach, Akhnaten, Orphée), film scores (Kundun, Mishima, Koyaanisqatsi), songs, and music for dance is a musician who determined early on that he wanted to compose independently, apart from institutions. That decision has made him a controversial figure among academic musicians, in spite of his rigorous training at Juilliard, and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Richard Kostelanetz has gathered a lively and varied collection of writings about Philip Glass's work, along with several interviews and a conversation between Glass and sculptor Richard Serra. The chronology of the works and discography have been updated for the paperback edition.
Resplandor gemelo. (crítica de grabaciones musicales en las que se habla de Mahatma Gandhi y Martin Luther King)(TT: Twin glare) (TA: critique about musical ... Luther King): An article from: Proceso
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Title: Resplandor gemelo. (crÃtica de grabaciones musicales en las que se habla de Mahatma Gandhi y Martin Luther King)(TT: Twin glare) (TA: critique about musical recordings that talk about Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King)
Author: José Antonio Alcaraz
Publication: Proceso (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 10, 1998
Publisher: CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V.
Issue: n1123 Page: p63(1)
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Kundun. (crítica del compositor Philip Glass)(TA: critique of composer Philip Glass): An article from: Proceso
This digital document is an article from Proceso, published by CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V. on June 28, 1998. The length of the article is 759 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Kundun. (crÃtica del compositor Philip Glass)(TA: critique of composer Philip Glass)
Author: José Antonio Alcaraz
Publication: Proceso (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 28, 1998
Publisher: CISA Comunicacion e Informacion, S.A. de C.V.
Issue: n1130 Page: p61(1)
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Philip Glass y la danza.(TT: Philip Glass and dance): An article from: Siempre!
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Title: Philip Glass y la danza.(TT: Philip Glass and dance)
Author: Carlos Ocampo
Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: February 13, 1997
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: v42 Issue: n2278 Page: p62(1)
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Concert notes. (Music).: An article from: New Criterion
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Title: Concert notes. (Music).
Author: Patrick J. Smith
Publication: New Criterion (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2002
Publisher: Foundation for Cultural Review
Volume: 21 Issue: 3 Page: 58(2)
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