Musings : the musical worlds of Gunther Schuller / Gunther Schuller.

Author/creator Schuller, Gunther
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, 1986.
Descriptionxii, 303 pages : music ; 24 cm
Subjects
Music--History and criticism.
Jazz--History and criticism.
Third stream (Music)--History and criticism.

Contents Jazz and the third stream. Jazz -- The future of form in jazz -- What makes jazz jazz? -- James Reese Europe -- The orchestrator's challenge -- Happy feet: a tribute to Paul Whiteman -- Ellington in the Pantheon -- Ellington vis-à-vis the swing era -- The case for Ellington's music as living repertory -- Cecil Taylor: two early recordings -- Ornette Coleman -- Ornette Coleman's compositions -- Sonny Rollins and the challenge of thematic improvisation -- Lee Konitz -- The divine Sarah -- Gil Evans -- Alec Wilder -- Third stream -- Third stream revisited -- The avant-garde and third stream -- Composing for orchestra -- Music performance and contemporary music. American performance and new music -- Conducting revisited -- The future of opera -- Toward a new Classicism? -- The state of American orchestras -- Program notes, various -- Still more program notes, on others -- Concerning my opera The Visitation -- Music aesthetics and education. The compleat musician in the complete conservatory -- Qualitative evaluation in the arts -- The state of our art -- Form, content, and symbol -- Form and aesthetics in twentieth-century music.
Abstract This book is a collection of writings by the author, the first composer to be awarded the Elise L. Stoeger Composer's Chair of the Chamber Society of Lincoln Center. In Part I, "Jazz and the Third Stream," he offers his reflections on jazz, insightful pieces on such figures as Duke Ellington, Cecil Taylor, and Sonny Rollins, and several essays on "the third stream," the genre where jazz and classical music intersect. Part II, "Music Performance and Contemporary Music," includes articles on the art of conducting, the future of opera, the question of a new classicism, and the author's own thoughts on his controversial opera The Visitation. The final section, "Music Aesthetics and Education," presents his reflections on such matters as form, structure, and symbol in music; the need for broadening the audience for quality music, and his vision of the ideal conservatory and the total musician.
LCCN 85015464
ISBN0195037456

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML60 .S392 1986 ✔ Available Place Hold