About this title: Published in conjunction with a 1997 New York concert program at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, this collection of essays and visual materials examines the affinities between Bach-era Baroque and such minimalists as John Adams, Steve Reich, and John Cage. John Adams does not exaggerate when he calls Mnimalism "the only really interesting, important stylistic development in the past thirty years". Think of the Bach Suites for Solo Cello, and their long series of arpeggios. Now think of Philip Glass, of ecstatic arpeggios and you may begin to hear a great unison sounding through the history ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Eos Music Inc., NY
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780964808317ISBN:0964808315
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. 978-0964808317. A slim hardcover published in conjunction with a concert series by the Eos Ensemble held at Lincoln Center, New York City, January 20-22, 1997. Foreword by Jonathan Sheffer, conductor of the Eos Ensemble. Includes essays by Steve Reich, Ben Yarmolinsky, K. Robert Schwarz, Elizabeth Bergman and Paolo Berdini. Includes an interview with composer John Adams. Yellow hardcover binding.; 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; 85 pages. read more
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