This book is an invaluable chronicle of an exuberant time of artistic exploration and experimentation populated by now legendary figures such as John Cage, Morton Feldman, Cornelius Cardew, Terry Riley, Julius Eastman, David Tudor, and many others who were part of this under-known chapter of late 20th century music history. Levine Packer brings it to life once again.
This book is an invaluable chronicle of an exuberant time of artistic exploration and experimentation populated by now legendary figures such as John Cage, Morton Feldman, Cornelius Cardew, Terry Riley, Julius Eastman, David Tudor, and many others who were part of this under-known chapter of late 20th century music history. Levine Packer brings it to life once again.
Born in France, raised in New York and Mexico City, Levin Packer was co-director with Lukas Foss and Morton Feldman of the renowned contemporary music group in Buffalo, New York, and a director of the Contemporary Music Festival at teh California Institute of the Arts. She was Director of the Inter-Arts program at the National Endowment for the Arts, the producer of Steve Reich and Beryl Korot's multimedia opera The Cave, and a dean at the Maryland Institute College of Art. This Life of Sounds: Evenings for New Music in Buffalo received ASCAP's Deems Taylor Award for excellence. Her recent book, with co-editor Mary Jane Leach, Gay Guerrilla: Julius Eastman and His Music was published in 2015.
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Acknowledgements Introduction Prelude: A Study in Sonority Chapter 1: The Rockefeller Years, 1964-Spring 1968 Creating the center Getting Their Gongs Wet Settling In "Can This Be Buffalo?" "Adagio" and "Canto" David Tudor News For You Excavating Riches Composer-Performers Renewal and International Influence The Berkeley of the East Diamonds and Mud Aquarium Chapter 2: Make It New, Fall 1968-1972 Technology Rising Continuance Illiacs and Oscillators Music and Theater A Holiday Angel Julius Eastman Fusion Cornucopia Turmoil Early Seventies Mad Kings and Making Do Chapter 3: Feldman in Buffalo, Fall 1972 The Tenth Year Closer To Home Shakeup The Continuous Present June In Buffalo Boston Harbor Ultrasonics, Subliminal Light and Sound A Lecture on the Weather Late January 1977 Chapter 4: The Final Years, 1977-1980 Music of Changes A Critical Fall "It's Like the Love Canal" HPSCHD and Beyond Non-Continuance After Image Chapter 5: Postscript Appendix 1: Chronology Appendix 2: List of Interviews Appendix 3: List of Creative Associates Appendix 4: List of Creative Associate Graduate Fellows Appendix 5: Selected Discography Endnotes Bibliography Index
Acknowledgements Introduction Prelude: A Study in Sonority Chapter 1: The Rockefeller Years, 1964-Spring 1968 Creating the center Getting Their Gongs Wet Settling In "Can This Be Buffalo?" "Adagio" and "Canto" David Tudor News For You Excavating Riches Composer-Performers Renewal and International Influence The Berkeley of the East Diamonds and Mud Aquarium Chapter 2: Make It New, Fall 1968-1972 Technology Rising Continuance Illiacs and Oscillators Music and Theater A Holiday Angel Julius Eastman Fusion Cornucopia Turmoil Early Seventies Mad Kings and Making Do Chapter 3: Feldman in Buffalo, Fall 1972 The Tenth Year Closer To Home Shakeup The Continuous Present June In Buffalo Boston Harbor Ultrasonics, Subliminal Light and Sound A Lecture on the Weather Late January 1977 Chapter 4: The Final Years, 1977-1980 Music of Changes A Critical Fall "It's Like the Love Canal" HPSCHD and Beyond Non-Continuance After Image Chapter 5: Postscript Appendix 1: Chronology Appendix 2: List of Interviews Appendix 3: List of Creative Associates Appendix 4: List of Creative Associate Graduate Fellows Appendix 5: Selected Discography Endnotes Bibliography Index
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