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Zusatztext "Lively . . . [It} not only deflates the notion of New York as the center of experimental music innovation in the second half of the 20th century! but testifies to the ingenuity and invention of a ragtag band of composers! musicians! dancers! visual artists! and explorers." Informationen zum Autor David W. Bernstein is Professor of Music and Head of the Music Department at Mills College. He is coeditor, with Christopher Hatch, of Writings Through John Cage’s Music, Poetry, and Art and Music Theory and the Exploration of the Past . Klappentext This book tells the story of the influential group of creative artists-Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin-who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. An integral part of the robust San Francisco "scene," the San Francisco Tape Music Center developed new art forms through collaborations with Terry Riley, Steve Reich, David Tudor, Ken Dewey, Lee Breuer, the San Francisco Actor's Workshop, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Ann Halprin Dancers' Workshop, Canyon Cinema, and others. Told through vivid personal accounts, interviews, and retrospective essays by leading scholars and artists, this work, capturing the heady experimental milieu of the sixties, is the first comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of the influential group of creative artists - Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin - who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. This title presents a comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword! by John Rockwell Then! Now! and Then Again (A Preface)! by Johannes Goebel Introduction! by David W. Bernstein The SFTMC: Emerging Art Forms and the American Counterculture! by David W. Bernstein The SFTMC: A Report! by Ramon Sender Overview of the Tape Music Center's Goals! by Ramon Sender Ramon Sender and William Maginnis! interviewed by David W. Bernstein and Maggi Payne Memoir of a Community Enterprise! by Pauline Oliveros Pauline Oliveros! interviewed by David W. Bernstein and Maggi Payne Music as Studio Art! by Morton Subotnick Morton Subotnick! interviewed by David W. Bernstein and Maggi Payne Composing with Light! by Tony Martin Tony Martin! interviewed by David W. Bernstein and Maggi Payne Don Buchla! interviewed by David W.Bernstein and Maggi Payne Michael Callahan! interviewed by Thomas M. Welsh The Great Grand Kludge! by William Maginnis Terry Riley! interviewed by David W. Bernstein and Maggi Payne Anna Halprin! interviewed by David W. Bernstein Stewart Brand! interviewed by David W. Bernstein Stuart Dempster! interviewed by Thomas M. Welsh Chronology! by Thomas M. Welsh Archival Recordings DVD Program Notes Bibliography List of Illustrations Index ...
