Terry Riley's in C

by Netlibrary Inc, Robert Carl, Annabeth Albert

Unquestionably the founding work of minimalism in musical composition, Terry Riley's In C (1964) challenges the standards of imagination, intellect, and musical ingenuity to which "classical" music is held. Only one page of score in length, it contains neither specified instrumentation nor parts. Its fifty-three motives are compact, presented without any counterpoint or evident form. The composer gave only spare instructions and no tempo. And he assigned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195325281
• ISBN13: 9780195325287
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"