{"product_id":"we-have-always-been-minimalist-9780520295261","title":"We Have Always Been Minimalist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With his critical and thorough approach, Levaux manages to cast light on the historical contexts, stylistic nuances and elaborates thereby in a manner, that should resonate and be relevant for both the uninitiated as well as the fanatics.\" * Scene Point Blank *\u003cbr\u003e\"In his quest for ‘Truth’, Levaux provides deeply valuable new historical, disciplinary, and critical perspectives on the history of minimalism, offering novel insights into a topic that many have previously addressed.\" * Music \u0026amp; Letters *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. 1960: Before Minimalism\u003cbr\u003e 2. Taking Root in Modernity: New Music\u003cbr\u003e 3. Transcribing Music: New York Avant-Gardists and Monotonality\u003cbr\u003e 4. 1967: Giants?\u003cbr\u003e 5. Creating Genres: The Theatre of Mixed Means and Dream Music \u003cbr\u003e 6. Taking Sides over a New Medium: Electronic Music\u003cbr\u003e 7. The New York Hypnotic School: Founding a Movement\u003cbr\u003e 8. Untying the Bonds: Process Music\u003cbr\u003e 9. Transfiguring Experimental Music: Minimal Music\u003cbr\u003e 10. 1975: The Emergence of Minimalism \u003cbr\u003e 11. Fighting or Laying Down Arms: Music with Roots in the Aether and Simplicity\u003cbr\u003e 12. Persevering: Systems\u003cbr\u003e 13. Giving Up Ground; Retaking It: Minimal Music \u003cbr\u003e 14. Subscribing to an Idea: A New Current and Modern Music\u003cbr\u003e 15. Disrupting the Status Quo: American Minimal Music\u003cbr\u003e 16. Going beyond Modernity: Jameson and Lyotard\u003cbr\u003e 17. Opening the Borders: Popular Music\u003cbr\u003e 18. 1984: The Spread of Minimalism \u003cbr\u003e 19. Confirming an Established Fact: Perspectives of New Music\u003cbr\u003e 20. Furthering the Fight: New Sounds\u003cbr\u003e 21. 1994: The Arrival of Minimalism\u003cbr\u003e 22. In Conquest of the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402895597911,"sku":"9780520295261","price":76.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/we-have-always-been-minimalist-9780520295261","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}