Description
Book SynopsisTrade 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 ContentsContents
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
