American mavericks / edited by Susan Key and Larry Rothe.

Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoSan Francisco, Calif. : San Francisco Symphony ; Berkeley, Calif. : Published in cooperation with the University of California Press, ©2001.
Descriptionix, 150 pages : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 31 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Subjects
Music--United States. --20th century. --History and criticism.
Composers--United States.

Other author/creatorKey, Susan.
Other author/creatorRothe, Larry.
Other author/creatorTilson Thomas, Michael, 1944-2026
Other author/creatorSan Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
Cover title American mavericks : visionaries, pioneers, iconoclasts
Contents The American maverick tradition / Alan Rich -- The maverick and the public / Michael Broyles -- Search for the modern: early 20th-century mavericks: Charles Ives, Carl Ruggles, Edgard Varèse, Henry Cowell, Ruth Crawford Seeger -- Finding an American sound: two contemporaries: Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland -- New sources of musical sound: technology and the junkyard: George Antheil, Conlon Nancarrow, Lou Harrison, John Cage -- Control and beyond: the postwar avant-garde: John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown, Milton Babbitt, Lukas Foss -- Mixed voices: the '60s generation: Terry Riley, Steve Reich, John Adams, David Del Tredici, Meredith Monk, Frank Zappa, Steven Mackey -- Music for an evolving world / Michael Tilson Thomas.
Contents CD contents. Quarter-tone piano piece no. 2, Allegro / Charles Ives (3:48) -- Conversation / Michael Tilson Thomas ; Lou Harrison (1:08) -- Piano concerto (excerpt) / Henry Cowell (3:01) -- Ballet mécanique (excerpt) / George Antheil (2:55) -- Introduction / Lou Harrison (1:48) -- Concerto for organ with percussion orchestra : Allegro / Lou Harrison (3:04) -- Introduction / Michael Tilson Thomas (3:28) -- Credo in us / John Cage (12:22) -- Introduction / Michael Tilson Thomas (3:23) -- Piece for 4 pianos / Morton Feldman (11:19) -- Conversation / Michael Tilson Thomas ; Lukas Foss (1:02) -- Conversation / Michael Tilson Thomas ; Lukas Foss (0:32) -- Conversation / Michael Tilson Thomas ; John Adams (3:23) -- Conversation / Michael Tilson Thomas ; David Del Tredici (3:09) -- Adventures underground (excerpt) / David Del Tredici (3:03) -- Interview / Meredith Monk (1:23) -- Conversation / Michael Tilson Thomas ; Steve Mackey (3:16) -- Tuck and roll : Intrigue / Steve Mackey (6:58).
Abstract In this book, some of this country's foremost commentators offer viewpoints on the spectrum of 20th-century music in the United States. Based on the San Francisco Symphony's American Mavericks festival, conceived by Michael Tilson Thomas and presented under his direction in June 2000, this book offers perspectives on the lives and works of composers featured in that groundbreaking celebration of the American avant-garde.
General noteEssays by Alan Rich, Michael Broyles, and Michael Tilson Thomas, and chapters on individual composers, chiefly based on program notes from The San Francisco Symphony's American Mavericks festival held June 7-24, 2000.
General noteAccompanying sound disc contains excerpts from the festival performances, including spoken introductions and conversations between Michael Tilson Thomas and several of the represented composers.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographic references (pages 128-130), discography (pages 130-133) and index.
Performer San Francisco Symphony.
Date/time/place of a event noteConversations, interviews, and introductions recorded June 9-21, 2000.
ISBN0520233050
ISBN0520233042 (CASED)

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