John Cage''s Concert for Piano and Orchestra

Looking at one of the twentieth century's most notorious musical masterpieces, John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra examines Cage's compositional process, its infamous performance history, and its influence on philosophical ideas of what music actually is.

List of contents

• List of figures


• List of tables


• List of abbreviations


• Acknowledgements


• Introduction


• Chapter 1: Situating the Concert for Piano and Orchestra


• Chapter 2: Sketching the Concert for Piano and Orchestra


• Chapter 3: Presenting the Concert for Piano and Orchestra


• Chapter 4: Performing the Concert for Piano and Orchestra


• Chapter 5: Interpreting the Concert for Piano and Orchestra


• Chapter 6: Interpreting the Solo for Piano


• Chapter 7: Understanding the Concert for Piano and Orchestra


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Martin Iddon is Professor of Music and Aesthetics at the University of Leeds. His musicological research largely focuses on post-war music in Germany and the United States. He is the author of New Music at Darmstadt and John Cage and David Tudor: Correspondence on Interpretation and Performance.

Philip Thomas is Professor of Performance at the University of Huddersfield. He specializes in performing experimental notated and improvised music, and is the co-editor of Changing the System: The Music of Christian Wolff.

Summary

Looking at one of the twentieth century's most notorious musical masterpieces, John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra examines Cage's compositional process, its infamous performance history, and its influence on philosophical ideas of what music actually is.

Additional text

A monumental achievement — in considering Cage's watershed Concert with respect to historical context, sketch study and compositional realization, and performance as well as interpretation, Martin Iddon and Philip Thomas have produced a milestone in Cage scholarship.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Iddon, Martin (Professor of Music and Aesthetics Iddon, Philip Thomas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.07.2020
• EAN: 9780190938475
• ISBN: 978-0-19-093847-5
• No. of pages: 480
• Series: Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure, and Interpretation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, MUSIC / Philosophy & Social Aspects, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Composition, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Music: styles and genres, Music: styles & genres