1st Edition

Sounding Out: Pauline Oliveros and Lesbian Musicality

By Martha Mockus Copyright 2008
224 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Sounding Out: Pauline Oliveros and Lesbian Musicality  examines the musical career of the avant-garde composer, accordionist, whose radical innovations of the 1960s, 70s and 80s have redefined the aesthetic and formal parameters of American experimental music. While other scholars have studied Oliveros as a disciple of John Cage and a contemporary of composers Terry Riley, Lou Harrison,... Read more
1. Intonation 2. Amplification 3. Meditation 4. Respiration 5. Conversation Bibliography

Biography

Martha Mockus teaches in the Women’s Studies Program at Hamilton College where she holds the Jane Watson Irwin Chair, 2006-08. Her published work addresses musical performance as a form of feminist and queer critique.