Repeating Ourselves: American Minimal Music as Cultural Practice

by Robert Fink

Where did musical minimalism come from-and what does it mean? In this significant revisionist account of minimalist music, Robert Fink connects repetitive music to the postwar evolution of an American mass consumer society. Abandoning the ingrained formalism of minimalist aesthetics, Repeating Ourselves considers the cultural significance of American repetitive music exemplified by composers such as Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520245504
• ISBN13: 9780520245501
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"