Experimentalism Otherwise: The New York Avant-Garde and Its Limits Volume 11

by Benjamin Piekut

Book Overview

In Experimental Otherwise, Benjamin Piekut takes the reader into the heart of what we mean by "experimental" in avant-garde music. Focusing on one place and time--New York City, 1964--Piekut examines five disparate events: the New York Philharmonic's disastrous performance of John Cage's Atlas Eclipticalis; Henry Flynt's demonstrations against the downtown avant-garde; Charlotte Moorman's Avant Garde Festival; the founding of the Jazz...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520268512
• ISBN13: 9780520268517
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"