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Title

New music, new allies : American experimental music in West Germany from the zero hour to reunification / Amy C. Beal.

Author

Beal, Amy C.

Publication

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.

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Description

xvi, 340 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

California studies in twentieth-century music ; 4

Uniform Title

California studies in 20th-century music ; 4.

Subjects

• Music > Germany > 20th century > History and criticism
• Avant-garde (Music)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-325) and index.

Contents

Introduction : West Germany and the American experimental tradition -- The American occupation and agents of reeducation (1945-1950) -- Debuts (1950-1954) -- Ambassadors for the American avant-garde (1955-1958) -- Musics of change : action after Cage (1959-1961) -- Changing of the guards (1962-1970) -- The pluralism paradigm (1970-1974) -- New allies and old heroes (1975-1990) -- Conclusion : from Darmstadt to Halberstadt.

Call Number

JME 06-750

ISBN

0520247558 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005023759
• 9780520247550

OCLC

61295914

Author

Beal, Amy C.

Title

New music, new allies : American experimental music in West Germany from the zero hour to reunification / Amy C. Beal.

Imprint

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2006.

Series

California studies in twentieth-century music ; 4

California studies in 20th-century music ; 4.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-325) and index.

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Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

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9780520247550

Research Call Number

JME 06-750