MUSICA 109. LEZIONI SULLA MUSICA SPERIMENTALE

Composer and performer Alvin Lucier’s book is presented through the perspective of its editor. In these pages, Lucier offers an illuminating journey into the world of experimental music, guiding readers through more than one hundred groundbreaking works by some of the most influential figures in modern and contemporary music, including Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, Pauline Oliveros, La Monte Young, Steve Reich, Charles Ives, David Tudor, Christian Wolff, Robert Ashley, Gordon Mumma, Laurie Anderson and John Cage, among many others.
By explaining in detail how each work was conceived and created, Lucier reveals the ideas, techniques and distinctive approaches behind the music, while tracing the development of American experimental music from the 1950s onwards. Along the way, he explores indeterminacy, electronics and minimalism, as well as radical innovations in writing for piano, string quartet and opera.
The result is an insightful and refreshingly direct perspective on the landscape of contemporary composition.