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Experimental music: cage and beyond / Nyman, Michael 2003  Book
Nyman, Michael Book
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Edition 2nd ed.
Publication Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Description xx, 196pPurple spine
Summary/Abstract Michael Nyman's book is a first-hand account of experimental music from 1950 to 1970. First published in 1974, it has remained the classic text on a significant form of music making and composing which developed alongside, and partly in opposition to, the post-war modernist tradition of composers such as Boulez, Berio, or Stockhausen. The experimentalist par excellence was John Cage whose legendary 4' 33'' consists of four minutes and thirty three seconds of silence to be performed on any instrument. Such pieces have a conceptual rather than purely musical starting point and radically challenge conventional notions of the musical work. Nyman's book traces the revolutionary attitudes that were developed towards concepts of time, space, sound, and composer/performer responsibility. It was within the experimental tradition that the seeds of musical minimalism were sown and the book contains reference to the early works of Reich, Riley, Young, and Glass.
Standard Number 0521653835 Pb.
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ID:   001822


Life: our century in pictures / Stolley, Richard B. (ed.); Chiu, Tony 1999  Book
Stolley, Richard B Book
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Publication Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1999.
Description 423pWhite spine
Summary/Abstract With incredible emotional impact, this book captures the triumphs and disasters, the social progress and setbacks, the heroes and villains that have brought us to the dawn of a new century. Life: Our Century in Pictures is a powerfully emotional evocation of the century we experienced so often through Life's eyes. It is a once-in-a-lifetime commemorative keepsake, distinguished from all its competitors in the depth and range of its compelling images.
Contents 1900-1913: Across the threshhold\ 1914-1919: The war to end all wars 1920-1929: All that glitters 1930-1939: Empty pockets 1940-1945: World on fire 1946-1963: Spreading the wealth 1964-1975: Dissent and disobedience 1976-1992: A global burst of freedom 1993-1999: Our future.com
Standard Number 0821226339 Hb.
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ID:   021309


New Japanese voices: The best contemporary fiction from Japan / Mitsios, Helen (ed.) 1991  Book
Mitsios, Helen (ed.) Book
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Publication New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991.
Description xvi, 175pWhite spine
Summary/Abstract Born after Hiroshima, the writers in this dazzling collection of short stories represent the American debut of the best comtemporary fiction. Between cultural traditionalism and high-tech futurism , the stories in this volume offer a rich portrait of the Japanese sensibility - the zeitgeist that is transforming the way the world views itself.
Standard Number 9781555845889 Pb.
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Power of style: The women who defined the art of living well / Tapert, Annette 1995  Book
Tapert, Annette Book
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Publication London, Aurum Press, 1995.
Description 224pPink spine
Summary/Abstract They were the most stylish women of their time, setting the standards for the world of fashion, decorating, and entertaining. Rita Lydig, Elsie de Wolfe, Coco Chanel. Daisy Fellowes, the Duchess of Windsor, Countess Mona Bismarck, Millicent Rogers, Diana Vreeland, Pauline de Rothschild, Babe Paley, Gloria Guinness, Slim Keith, C. Z. Guest, and Jacqueline Onassis - these women not only dominated their time, they continue to fascinate and inspire. The Power of Style makes these twentieth-century legends come alive, revealing their secrets and explaining, for the first time, how they came to be such preeminent figures. More, it reveals the amusing, instructive, and sometimes painful tales of the lives behind the legends.
Standard Number 9781854103130 Hb.
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