Experimentalism otherwise
Subtitle: the New York avant-garde and its limits
By: Benjamin Piekut
Series: California studies in 20th-century music -- 11; California studies in 20th-century music -- 11.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780520268500; 9780520268517
Subjects: Avant-garde (Music); History and criticism; Music
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: When orchestras attack! : John Cage meets the New York Philharmonic; title: Demolish serious culture! : Henry Flynt meets the New York avant-garde; title: October or thermidor? : the Jazz Composers Guild meets New York; title: Murder by cello : Charlotte Moorman meets John Cage.