Terrible Freedom - The Life and Work of Lucia Dlugoszewski

“An illuminating biography of an elusive figure whose music was nonetheless firmly embedded in modern dance and the American artistic avant-garde. The book is a fascinating and distinctive contribution to the crucial historical recovery of women’s musical lives.”—Marian Wilson Kimber, University of Iowa

"Dear Reader, meet your new favorite composer! In a richly documented biography, Amy Beal reveals Lucia Dlugoszewski as one of the most significant musical creators of the twentieth century. Dlugoszewski refused to be pushed to the margins. This remarkable book places her front and center, where she belongs."—Anne C. Shreffler, Harvard University

 

List of contents

Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments 

Margins, Shadows, and Footnotes: An Introduction
1 • Lucille in Detroit (1925–48)
2 • Letters from New York (1949–51)
3 • New York Beginnings: A Broader View (1950–53)
4 • Expanding Creativity and Collaboration (1953–60)
5 • The Disparate Element (1960–70)
6 • Aesthetic Immediacy (1970–80) 
7 • Rage (1980–87) 
8 • Losses (1988–2000) 
Out from the Shadows: A Conclusion 

Appendix 1: Selected Works List
Appendix 2: Lucia Dlugoszewski–Erick Hawkins Collaborations 
Appendix 3: Discography 
Notes
Sources and Bibliography 
Index

About the author

Amy C. Beal is Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of New Music, New Allies: American Experimental Music in West Germany from the Zero Hour to Reunification, Carla Bley, and Johanna Beyer.

Product details

• Authors: Amy C. Beal, Beal Amy C.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9780520386655
• ISBN: 978-0-520-38665-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, Music reviews & criticism, Popular Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Music reviews and criticism, Music: styles & genres