Composing Dissent

by Robert Adlington

The 1960s saw the emergence in the Netherlands of a generation of avant-garde musicians (including figures such as Louis Andriessen, Willem Breuker, Reinbert de Leeuw and Misha Mengelberg) who were to gain international standing and influence as composers, performers and teachers, and who had a defining impact upon Dutch musical life. Fundamental to their activities in the sixties was a pronounced commitment to social and political engagement. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199981019
• ISBN13: 9780199981014
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.3"