Music in Text

Music in text. Text in music. Influenced by experimental composers such as John Cage, Erik Satie and La Monte Young, Robert Barry is searching for new narratives, instructive and playful paths for musical composition. The book"s text-based scores intend to orient musicians in artistic performances as well as to guide listeners in a suggestive relation between sound and prose. A playful and inspiring collection of ideas on how to conceive musical scores.