Talking Music: Conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and 5 Generations of American Experimental Composers

by William Duckworth

Book Overview

Talking Music is comprised of substantial original conversations with seventeen American experimental composers and musicians--including Milton Babbitt, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, Meredith Monk, and John Zorn--many of whom rarely grant interviews.The author skillfully elicits candid dialogues that encompass technical explorations; questions of method, style, and influence; their personal lives and struggles to create; and their aesthetic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306808935
• ISBN13: 9780306808937
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"