Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music

by Barney Childs, Jim Fox, Elliott S. Schwartz

Book Overview

This anthology of essays, interviews, and autobiographical pieces provides an invaluable overview of the evolution of contemporary music--from chromaticism, serialism, and indeterminacy to jazz, vernacular, electronic, and non-Western influences. Featuring classic essays by Stravinsky, Stockhausen, and Reich, as well as writings by lesser-known but equally innovative composers such as Jack Beeson, Richard Maxfield, and T. J. Anderson, this collection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306808196
• ISBN13: 9780306808197
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 510 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music

A very nice compilation of essays, speeches, and excerpts. Definitely worth a read if you're interested in composition, later 20th century music, or just music in general. Some essays are insightful, and some are... not, but that's to be expected when you get artists together into one "place."