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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.

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

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
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    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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