The New York Schools of Music and the Visual Arts - Studies in Contemporary Music and Culture (Hardcover)

As John Cage once recalled, there were four musicians in the early '50s who, because of their deep interest in art, associated closely with the New York School of painters: Edgard Varèse, Stefan Wolpe, Morton Feldman, and Cage himself. This book explores the interaction and influences of the visual arts on these four seminal composers. Even though each composer stressed that his aesthetic derived mainly from the visual arts, the actual transference of an aesthetic form from one medium to another took many forms, reflecting the individual sensibilities and concerns of the artists involved. The theories of performance and composition that they evolved are still controversial; taking a new and unique perspective, Johnson and his collaborators give fresh insights into the music of our time.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Contemporary Music and Culture
Release date:	November 2001
First published:	2002
Editors:	Steven Johnson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	268
ISBN-13:	978-0-8153-3364-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, First World War to 1960 > Abstract Expressionism Books > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
LSN:	0-8153-3364-1
Barcode:	9780815333647

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