Aesthetics of Survival

by George Rochberg

A revised paperback edition of composer George Rochberg's landmark essays Rochberg presents the rare spectacle of a composer who has made his peace with tradition while maintaining a strikingly individual profile. . . . H]e succeeds in transforming the sublime concepts of traditional music into contemporary language.-Washington Post An indispensable book for anyone who wishes to understand the sad and curious fate of music in the twentieth century.-Atlantic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472100378
• ISBN13: 9780472100378
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.