HANS ULRICH OBRIST:
A BRIEF HISTORY OF NEW MUSIC

Edited by Lionel Bovier,
Hans Ulrich Obrist
Published by JRP Ringier
English
302 pages
15 x 21 cm
Softcover
ISBN 978-3-03764-190-3

Price: 98 lei


Following the success of "A Brief History of Curating" (now available in nine different languages, in its sixth reprint, and as an e-book), this publication gathers together interviews with pioneering musicians of the 1950s to the 1980s. The book thus brings together avant-garde composers such as Elliott Carter, Pierre Boulez, and Karlheinz Stockhausen; originators of electro-acoustic music such as François Bayle, Pauline Oliveros, Iannis Xenakis, Robert Ashley, and Peter Zinovieff; Minimalist and Fluxus-inspired artists such as Tony Conrad, Phill Niblock, Yoko Ono, Steve Reich, and Terry Riley; as well as figures such as Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, Arto Lindsay, and Caetano Veloso. Their contributions map the evolution of the musical field, from early experiments in concrete and abstract music, to the electronic development and the hybridization between Pop and avant-garde culture.