Thinking Sound Music The Life and Work of Robert Erickson |
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| Author:
| Shere, Charles
Rockwell, John |
| Series title: | Fallen Leaf Monographs on Contemporary Composers |
| ISBN: | 978-0-914913-33-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1995 |
| Publisher: | Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Fallen Leaf Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $117.95 |
Book Description:
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Robert Erickson's music bristles with the quintessential virtues of modernist American composers: intelligence, good humor, lyricism, rich sonorities, inventive sound-colors. It is firmly rooted in a thorough understanding of all musics now available, from ancient Greece to John Cage, yet it speaks with a characteristically American voice, direct and good-natured, attuned to the vernacular, never condescending to its audiences.
Robert Erickson's music bristles with the quintessential virtues of modernist American composers: intelligence, good humor, lyricism, rich sonorities, inventive sound-colors. It is firmly rooted in a thorough understanding of all musics now available, from ancient Greece to John Cage, yet it speaks with a characteristically American voice, direct and good-natured, attuned to the vernacular, never condescending to its audiences.