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The percussionist's art : same bed, different dreams / Steven Schick ; foreword by Paul Griffiths.

Title
The percussionist's art : same bed, different dreams / Steven Schick ; foreword by Paul Griffiths.
Author
Schick, Steven
Publication
Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2006.

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Description
xx, 248 p. : ill., music; 21 x 21 cm. +
Summary
"The Percussionist's Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams examines major works from the solo and chamber repertoire for percussion, from Edgard Varese's Ionisation (1931) and Cage's First Construction (in Metal) (1939) to Morton Feldman's The King of Denmark (1964), Steve Reich's Drumming (1971), Bone Alphabet by Brian Ferneyhough (1991), and Corporel (1985), a piece by Vinko Globokar for percussionist performing on his or her amplified body."--Jacket.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-244) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Because the world is round -- Loud Americans : American percussion music under construction -- Learning Bone alphabet -- The affliction of memory -- Face the music : a look at percussion playing -- This is not a drum : manipulating the material of percussion music -- Same bed, different dreams : a personal epilogue.
ISBN
  • 1580462146 (alk. paper)
  • 9781580462143
LCCN
^^2005034680
OCLC
62535945
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library