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American Minimal Music by Wim Mertens
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This is the first book which deals with the school of American repetitive music, also know as minimal music. The early work of La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass is discussed in the context of traditional Western music. Minimal music thus emerges as the latest stage in a development leading from Schoenberg, Webern, Stockhausen and Cage. In considering the philosophical thinking of Deleuze and Lyotard, the representatives of the so-called French ' libidinal philosophy', and of Adorno, the author examines the degree to which the 'ecstatic dimension' is present in this music or is even consciously introduced to it.

Author Biography:

Wim Mertens studied social and political science at the University of Leuven and musicology at Ghent University; he also studied music theory and piano at the Ghent Conservatory and the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Known primarily as a composer, his style has continually evolved during the course of his prolific career, starting from the experimental and avant-garde, gravitating towards minimalism, but always preserving a melodic foundation.
Release date Australia
January 1st, 2006
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Audiences
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Contributors
  • Preface by Michael Nyman
  • Translated by J. Hautekiet
Edition
New edition
Illustrations
Music examples and illustrations
Pages
130
Dimensions
138x216x10
ISBN-13
9781871082005
Product ID
2330591

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