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In 1972-73, Barney Childs embarked on an ambitious attempt to survey the landscape of new American concert music. He recorded freewheeling conversations with fellow composers, most of them under forty, all of them important but most not yet famous. Though unable to publish the interviews in his lifetime, Childs had gathered invaluable dialogues with the likes of Robert Ashley, Olly Wilson, Harold Budd, Christian Wolff, and others. Virginia Anderson edits the first published collection of these conversations. She pairs each interview with a contextual essay by a contemporary expert that shows how the composer's discussion with Childs fits into his life and work. Together, the interviewees cover a broad range of ideas and concerns around topics like education, notation, developments in electronic music, changing demands on performers, and tonal music. Innovative and revealing, Interviews with American Composers is an artistic and historical snapshot of American music at an important crossroads.

Table of Contents:
CoverTitle PageCopyrightContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. William Albright (1944–1998)Interview2. Robert Ashley (1930–2014)Interview3. Larry Austin (1930–2018)Interview4. William Bolcom (b. 1938)Interview5. Harold Budd (1936–2020)Interview6. Joel Chadabe (1938–2021)Interview7. Charles Dodge (b. 1942)Interview8. William Hellermann (1939–2017)Interview9. Sydney Hodkinson (b. 1934)Interview10. Ben Johnston (1926–2019)Interview11. Daniel Lentz (b. 1942)Interview12. Alvin Lucier (b. 1931)Interview13. Donald Martino (1931–2005)Interview14. Salvatore Martirano (1927–1995)Interview15. Robert Morris (b. 1943)Interview16. Gordon Mumma (b. 1935)Interview17. Loren Rush (b. 1935)Interview18. Michael Sahl (1934–2018)Interview19. Peter Westergaard (1931–2019)Interview20. Olly Wilson (1937–2018)Interview21. Phil Winsor (1938–2012)Interview22. Christian Wolff (b. 1934)Interview23. Charles Wuorinen (b. 1938)InterviewContributorsIndexBack cover

About the Author :
Barney Childs (1926-2000) was an experimental music composer, poet, and educator. His compositions included chamber music and music for keyboards. Virginia Anderson maintained the Experimental Music Catalogue and was the editor of the Journal of Experimental Music Studies. She died in 2021.

Review :
"A unique time capsule of recent history of the state of the field of art music composition in the United States in 1972. Virginia Anderson presents Childs's interviews as-is, warts and all. As such, each interview is revealing of the character of the times and of the protagonists."--Chris Brown, Professor Emeritus and former Co-Director of the Center for Contemporary Music, Mills College


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780252052927
  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Illinois Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Barney Childs in Conversation
  • ISBN-10: 0252052927
  • Publisher Date: 25 Jan 2022
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 277


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