Avant-garde on record : musical responses to stereos /

Submitted by Joseph Hafner on 22 April, 2025 - 21:30

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Goldman, Jonathan,

Source:

Cambridge University Press,, Cambridge, United Kingdom ;New York, NY, United States, p.xv, 317 pages : (2023)

Call Number:

ML1092

Keywords:

20e siècle., 20th century, 20th century., Avant-garde (Music), Electronic music, fast, Histoire, History, History and criticism., Music and technology, Musique et technologie, Musique expérimentale

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-310) and index.Introduction -- Ping-pong and its discontents -- Doubles, rhymes and groups in stereo -- Transnational multiorchestralism -- The monumental stereo of Son et Lumière -- Phonographic spaces : Circling San Marco, navigating Niagara -- Open works locked into grooves -- Epilogue."Largely focusing on avant-garde composers active in the 1950s and 60s, this book highlights their engagement with records and recording. Combining approaches from music history, cultural studies and sound studies, it shows how contemporary listeners experienced this music through consumer-oriented technology also embraced by popular music creators"--