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Experimentalism otherwise : the New York avant-garde and its limits / Benjamin Piekut.

Author/creator Piekut, Benjamin, 1975-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Descriptionx, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Series California studies in 20th-century music ; 11
California studies in 20th-century music ; 11. ^A473908
Contents Introduction. What was experimentalism -- When orchestras attack!: John Cage meets the New York Philharmonic -- Demolish serious culture!: Henry Flynt meets the New York avant-garde -- October or thermidor?: the jazz composers guild meets New York -- Murder by cello: Charlotte Moorman meets John Cage -- Epilogue. Experimentalism meets (Iggy) pop.
Abstract A book about the links between avant garde music and the art scene in New York City in the 1960s. John Cage and Iggy Pop, together at last.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and index.
LCCN 2010035094
ISBN9780520268500 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520268504 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520268517 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0520268512 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Music Music Stacks ML200.8.N5 P64 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold