1st Edition
Changing the System: The Music of Christian Wolff
284 Pages
by
Routledge
284 Pages
by
Routledge
284 Pages
by
Routledge
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Christian Wolff is a composer who has followed a distinctive path often at the centre of avant-garde activity working alongside figures such as John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Cornelius Cardew. In a career spanning sixty years, he has produced a significant and influential body of work that has aimed to address, in a searching and provocative manner, what it means to be an experimental and... Read more
Part I Reception, History; Chapter 1 ‘Our Webern’, MichaelHicks; Chapter 2 Christian Wolff in Darmstadt, 1972 and 1974, Amy C.Beal; Part II The Music; Chapter 3 For Pianist, PhilipThomas; Chapter 4 Mutual Effects, JamesSaunders; Chapter 5 Exercising the ensemble, ChristopherFox; Part III Politics ; Chapter 6 Changing the System, DavidRyan; Chapter 7 ‘There Is Always a Time’, StephenChase; Part IV Performance; Chapter 8 Prose Collection, ClemensGresser; Chapter 9 Playing the Game? Five Reflections upon Performing Christian Wolff’s Music, PhilipThomas; Chapter 101 List of Works;
Biography
Dr Stephen Chase, Independent scholar and composer, UK; Dr Philip Thomas, Senior Lecturer, University of Huddersfield, UK
'Perhaps this collection of essays, and Michael Hicks's forthcoming monograph on Wolff, is a sign that Wolff scholarship is gaining a foothold in the musicological world. This collection is a strong resource for scholars wishing to take up the task.' Notes '[Changing the System is] particularly welcome: its nine contributors between them conspire successfully in providing both basic information on, and useful insights into, a generous selection of the composer's works.' Music and Letters 'Bearing in mind the interdisciplinary approach that enables a wide range of insight into the complex [...] issues of Wolff's activities [...] this book will be an important contribution to the study of contemporary musical practices.' TACET
