Illegal Harmonies: Music in the Modern Age

by Andrew Ford

Book Overview

Listen. What do you hear?

We are surrounded by sounds all the time, but we tend not to hear them; our brains are very good at editing what our ears pick up. If we stop for a moment to listen, there they are: the ticking clock, traffic noise, fragments of conversation, a passing plane. These are examples of what the American composer John Cage called "illegal harmony".

In response to the noisiest century in history, modern composers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1863955283
• ISBN13: 9781863955287
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Black Inc.
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"