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In this book, author Ryan Dohoney tells the story of the 1972 premier of Morton Feldman's music for the Rothko Chapel in Houston, reconstructing the network of artists and patrons who contributed to the premier, and documenting the ways that they questioned the emotional translation of art into religious stimulation.

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List of Illustrations List of Musical Examples Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Pursuing Anxiety Chapter 2: The de Menils's Reality Chapter 3: Shaken into Seeing and Hearing Chapter 4: Abstract Ecumenism Epilogue Bibliography

Saving Abstraction Morton Feldman the de Menils and the Rothko Chapel

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: 11/22/2019 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780190948573, 978-0190948573
      ISBN10: 0190948574

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this book, author Ryan Dohoney tells the story of the 1972 premier of Morton Feldman's music for the Rothko Chapel in Houston, reconstructing the network of artists and patrons who contributed to the premier, and documenting the ways that they questioned the emotional translation of art into religious stimulation.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations List of Musical Examples Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Pursuing Anxiety Chapter 2: The de Menils's Reality Chapter 3: Shaken into Seeing and Hearing Chapter 4: Abstract Ecumenism Epilogue Bibliography

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