We Have Always Been Minimalist

The Construction and Triumph of a Musical Style

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

AvChristophe Levaux

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Rising out of the American art music movement of the late 1950s and 1960s, minimalism shook the foundations of the traditional constructs of classical music, becoming one of the most important and influential trends of the twentieth century. The emergence of minimalism sparked an active writing culture around the controversies, philosophies, and forms represented in the music’s style and performance, and its defenders faced a relentless struggle within the music establishment and beyond. Focusing on how facts about music are constructed, negotiated, and continually remodeled, We Have Always Been Minimalist retraces the story of these battles that—from pure fiction to proven truth—led to the triumph of minimalism. Christophe Levaux’s critical analysis of literature surrounding the origins and transformations of the stylistic movement offers radical insights and a unique new history.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-09-01
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagUniversity of California Press
ISBN9780520295261
ÖversättareVekony, Rose

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. 1960: Before Minimalism2. Taking Root in Modernity: New Music3. Transcribing Music: New York Avant-Gardists and Monotonality4. 1967: Giants?5. Creating Genres: The Theatre of Mixed Means and Dream Music 6. Taking Sides over a New Medium: Electronic Music7. The New York Hypnotic School: Founding a Movement8. Untying the Bonds: Process Music9. Transfiguring Experimental Music: Minimal Music10. 1975: The Emergence of Minimalism 11. Fighting or Laying Down Arms: Music with Roots in the Aether and Simplicity12. Persevering: Systems13. Giving Up Ground; Retaking It: Minimal Music 14. Subscribing to an Idea: A New Current and Modern Music15. Disrupting the Status Quo: American Minimal Music16. Going beyond Modernity: Jameson and Lyotard17. Opening the Borders: Popular Music18. 1984: The Spread of Minimalism 19. Confirming an Established Fact: Perspectives of New Music20. Furthering the Fight: New Sounds21. 1994: The Arrival of Minimalism22. In Conquest of the Twenty-First CenturyEpilogueNotes ReferencesIndex