Research Catalog

Title

Occasional pieces : writings and interviews, 1952-2013 / Christian Wolff ; with a foreword by George E. Lewis.

Author

Wolff, Christian, 1934-

Publication

• New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
• ©2017

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Lewis, George, 1952-

Description

xx, 347 pages : illustrations, music; 24 cm

Uniform Title

Prose works. Selections

Alternative Title

Prose works.

Subjects

• Music
• Composers
• Music > United States > 20th century > History and criticism
• Music > United States > 21st century > History and criticism
• Interviews
• Composers > United States > 20th century > Interviews
• 1900-2099
• United States
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Interviews.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / George E. Lewis -- Author's preface -- (One of) four musicians at work (1952) -- On Webern (1955) -- New and electronic music (1958) -- On form (1960) -- Questions (1964) -- Electricity and music (1968) -- Interview with Victor Schonfield (1969) -- Fragments to make up an interview (1970-71) -- For Merce (1975) -- Conversation with Walter Zimmermann (1976) -- Frederic Rzewski, The people united will never be defeated (1978) -- On political texts and new music (1980) -- On the death of Cornelius Cardew (1981) -- On notation (1984) -- Open to whom and to what (1987) -- Morton Feldman memorial text (1987) -- On Morton Feldman's Piano piece 1952 (1988, 1995) -- On Morton Feldman's music (1990) -- What is our work? (1990) -- On Charles Ives (1990) -- Keith Rowe, A dimension of perfectly ordinary reality (1990) -- On Dieter Schnebel's Marsyas (1990) -- Floating rhythm and experimental percussion (1990) -- Quiet music (1991) -- Interview with Cole Gagne (1992) -- Interview with Markus Trunk (1992) -- Briefly on Cornelius Cardew and John Cage (1992) -- John Cage memorial text (1992) -- Preface to John Cage, Morton Feldman: Radio happenings I-V (1993) -- Sketch of a statement (1993) -- Music---work---experiment---politics (1995) -- Letter to Suzanne Josek (1996) -- Thinking of David Tudor (1997) -- Most material: Evan Parker and Eddie Prévost (1997) -- Frederic Rzewski and his piano music (2001) -- Merce Cunningham and CW music (2001) -- Feldman's String quartet no. 2 (2002) -- Earle Brown---chamber music (2004) -- Some notes on Charles Ives and politics (2004) -- On day-to-day composing work (2004) -- Remembering Grete Sultan (2005) -- On music with Cunningham events (2008) -- Some recollections of Arthur Russell (2009) -- On verbal notation (2009) -- Experimental music around 1950 and some consequences and causes (2009) -- Interview with James Saunders (2009) -- Crossings of experimental music and Greek tragedy (2010) -- About Merce (2010) -- What can I still say about John Cage? (2012) -- Thinking yet again about John Cage (2012) -- The first performance of Erik Satie's Vexations (2012) -- Robyn Schulkowsky's worlds of percussion (2013) -- Selected program notes.

Call Number

JNE 17-41

ISBN

• 9780190222895
• 0190222891
• 9780190614706
• 0190614706

LCCN

2016028230

OCLC

952139247

Author

Wolff, Christian, 1934- author.

Title

Occasional pieces : writings and interviews, 1952-2013 / Christian Wolff ; with a foreword by George E. Lewis.

Publisher

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

still image

notated music

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-2099

Added Author

Lewis, George, 1952- writer of foreword.

Other Form:

Online version: Wolff, Christian, 1934- Occasional pieces. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017 9780190222901 (DLC) 2016028835

Research Call Number

JNE 17-41