{"product_id":"the-music-of-james-tenney-9780252043673","title":"The Music of James Tenney","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A welcome contribution to the literature of modern music. . . . Highly recommended.\" --\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An astonishing book, a virtual encyclopedia of James Tenney that threatens to leave no remaining scope for further scholarly work on his music. It answered many questions I've long had about Tenney's music, and has already acted as a spur to my own work. The amount of information one could currently find on Tenney's work would comprise only a small fraction of what is included here.\"--Kyle Gann, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Arithmetic of Listening: Tuning Theory and History for the Impractical Musician\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wannamaker's essential, extraordinary work on the music of James Tenney is a brilliantly detailed and exhaustively researched addition to our comprehensive understanding of Tenney's music and compositional ideas, and to our conception of music of the second half of the twentieth century.\"--Larry Polansky, Emeritus Strauss Professor of Music, Dartmouth College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConventions and Abbreviations xv\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.1. A Summary Chronology 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.2. Aesthetic and Methodological Bases: Music in Sound 10\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Early Works and Influences (1934–59) 18\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.1. Stan Brakhage and Interim (1952) 19\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.2. Manhattan and Meeting Carolee Schneemann 21\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.3. Lionel Nowak, Carl Ruggles, and Charles Ives’s Concord Sonata 23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.4. Seeds (1956\/1961) 25\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Tape Music and “Meta\/-Hodos” (1959–61) 31\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.1. Lejaren Hiller and Harry Partch 31\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.2. The University of Illinois Electronic Music Studio 32\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.3. Collage #1 (“Blue Suede”) (1961) 34\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.4. “Meta\/-Hodos” (1961) 41\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Computer Music and Ergodicity (1961–64) 48\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.1. Edgard Var se, D’Arcy Thompson, and “Growth to Form” 51\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.2. John Cage, Variety, and Ergodicity 54\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.3. Max Mathews and MUSIC 59\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.4. The Acoustic Correlates of Timbre 62\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.5. Algorithmic Composition 63\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.6. Analog #1 (Noise Study) (1961) 68\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.7. Phases (1963) 76\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Performance and the Social (1964–68) 83\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.1. Downtown in the 1960s 83\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.2. Tone Roads and an American Experimental Tradition 86\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.3. Fluxus and Friends 89\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.4. Carolee Schneemann, Antonin Artaud, Wilhelm Reich 93\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.5. Choreogram (1964) 97\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.6. Fabric for Che (1967) 101\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Process and Continuity (1969–71) 110\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.1. Gradual Processes 112\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.2. For Ann (rising) (1969) 118\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.3. Postal Pieces (1965–71) 124\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Interlude: Harmonic Theory 135\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.1. The Meaning of Harmony 137\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.2. The Harmonic Series 140\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.3. Interval Tolerance and “The Language of Ratios” 144\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.4. A History of Consonance and Dissonance 147\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.5. Roughness and Beating (CDC-5) 148\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.6. Toneness and Harmonicity (CDC-2) 149\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.7. Harmonic Space (CDC-1) 155\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.8. Harmonic Measures and Their Applications 165\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Canons and the Harmonic Series (1972–79) 169\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.1. The Harmonic-Series Music 170\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.2. Clang (1972) 172\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.3. Spectral CANON for CONLON Nancarrow (1974) 176\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.4. Harmonium #1 (1976) 183\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.5. Three Indigenous Songs (1979) 189\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Harmonic Spaces (1980–85) 193\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.1. The Harmonic-Space Music 193\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.2. Harmonium #3 (1980) 195\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.3. Bridge (1984) 199\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.4. Koan for String Quartet (1984) 216\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Transition and Tradition (1986–94) 224\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10.1. Critical Band (1988) 225\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10.2. Flocking (1993) 231\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Spectra and Diaphony (1994–2006) 237\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11.1. Dissonant Counterpoint and Statistical Feedback 237\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11.2. In a Large, . . . (1994–95) 241\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11.3. Diaphonic Study (1997) 246\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11.4. Arbor Vitae (2006) 250\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. A Tradition of Experimentation 259\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A. Acoustics, Sensation, and Logarithmic Models 261\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B. Spectrographic Analysis 265\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes 271\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences 301\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex 315\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400450056535,"sku":"9780252043673","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252043673.jpg?v=1730470713","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-music-of-james-tenney-9780252043673","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}