Topless Cellist: The Improbable Life of Charlotte Moorman

by Joan Rothfuss

Book Overview

The first book to explore the extraordinary career of musician and performance artist Charlotte Moorman, whose work combined classical rigor, avant-garde experiment, and madcap daring.

The Juilliard-trained cellist Charlotte Moorman sat nude behind a cello of carved ice, performed while dangling from helium-filled balloons, and deployed an array of instruments on The Mike Douglas Show that included her cello, a whistle, a cap gun,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262533588
• ISBN13: 9780262533584
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher