
Author/Contributor(s): | Strickland, Edward |
Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
Date: | 08/22/1991 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Condition: | NEW |
This is an indispensable book about American music . . . --Fanfare
. . . exhilarating . . . Any of the interviews in American Composers will stimulate your curiosity and appetite. --Hungry Mind Review
. . . not only engaging, but also a useful representation of the major compositional styles of the 1980s and their corresponding practitioners. --Notes
Philip Glass, Keith Jarrett, Meredith Monk, and eight other active American composers reveal a broad spectrum of musical personalities in these candid, in-depth conversations. Witty and articulate, their remarks convey the great vitality, diversity, and distinctiveness of today's American music.