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"A gust of fresh air blowing across a stage. . . . As a compilation of source texts, On Minimalism is unparalleled, containing prescient, critical writings from many commentators and participants. . . . Organized in 21 accessible chunks (not only the expected ones, but also others covering spirituality, multimedia and altered states), each headed by an introduction that synthesizes the coming information, this is a breeze to navigate and, for all its scholarly chops, relaxed in its learning."

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Table of Contents
Contents

Foreword by Joan La Barbara

Introduction

PART ONE

1. Improvisation and Experimentation
2. Dream Music
3. Loops and Process
4. Altered States
5. Gurus and Teachers
6. Cultural Fusion
7. Across the Arts
8. Ensembles

PART TWO

9. 1976
10. The New Downtown
11. Instruments and Environments
12. Ambient and New Age
13. Canons
14. Backlash
15. Politics, Identity, and Expression
16. Postminimalists
17. Spiritual Minimalism
18. Popular Culture

PART THREE

19. Histories
20. Silences
21. Futures

Acknowledgments
Listening Guide
Notes
Bibliography
Index

On Minimalism

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 25 April 2023
      ISBN-13 9780520382084
      978-0520382084
      ISBN-10 0520382080
      Also in:
      Entertainment Music Theory of music and musicology

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      "A gust of fresh air blowing across a stage. . . . As a compilation of source texts, On Minimalism is unparalleled, containing prescient, critical writings from many commentators and participants. . . . Organized in 21 accessible chunks (not only the expected ones, but also others covering spirituality, multimedia and altered states), each headed by an introduction that synthesizes the coming information, this is a breeze to navigate and, for all its scholarly chops, relaxed in its learning."

      * The Wire *

      Table of Contents
      Contents

      Foreword by Joan La Barbara

      Introduction

      PART ONE

      1. Improvisation and Experimentation
      2. Dream Music
      3. Loops and Process
      4. Altered States
      5. Gurus and Teachers
      6. Cultural Fusion
      7. Across the Arts
      8. Ensembles

      PART TWO

      9. 1976
      10. The New Downtown
      11. Instruments and Environments
      12. Ambient and New Age
      13. Canons
      14. Backlash
      15. Politics, Identity, and Expression
      16. Postminimalists
      17. Spiritual Minimalism
      18. Popular Culture

      PART THREE

      19. Histories
      20. Silences
      21. Futures

      Acknowledgments
      Listening Guide
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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