American mavericks
By: edited by Susan Key and Larry Rothe
Contributors: Key, Susan; Rothe, Larry; Thomas, Michael Tilson, 1944-; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Publisher: San Francisco Symphony; Published in cooperation with the University of California Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif; Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Music -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Composers -- United States
Other titles: American mavericks :
Description: "In American Mavericks: Visionaries Pioneers, Iconoclasts, 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Essays 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

Accompanying sound disc contains excerpts from the festival performances, including spoken introductions and conversations between Michael Tilson Thomas and several of the represented composers

Includes bibliobgraphic references (p. 128-130) and index

Discography: p. 130-133

Compact disc accompanying this book in Music Listening Center