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Beschreibung

John Zorn is one of the most prolific and active American composers/performers working today. He has been a fixture of New York's "Downtown Scene" since the mid-70s as a tireless proponent of avant-garde and experimental music. Despite the acclaim and respect he has achieved in America and abroad, very little attention has been paid to Zorn by musicologists or music theorists. Author John Brackett suggests that the reason for the relative paucity of writing on Zorn's music and musical thought has to do with the difficulties and challenges they present both for listeners and scholars. Zorn's musical language-an amalgam of seemingly incongruous techniques, sounds, styles, and genres-creates complex and sometimes confusing listening experiences that are difficult to categorize in terms of overarching thematic or narrative design. Brackett offers a number of perspectives for understanding Zorn's music and musical practices, while challenging certain assumptions that limit the ways in which contemporary music is typically addressed.

John Zorn is one of the most prolific and active American composers/performers working today. He has been a fixture of New York's "Downtown Scene" since the mid-70s as a tireless proponent of avant-garde and experimental music. Despite the acclaim and respect he has achieved in America and abroad, very little attention has been paid to Zorn by musicologists or music theorists. Author John Brackett suggests that the reason for the relative paucity of writing on Zorn's music and musical thought has to do with the difficulties and challenges they present both for listeners and scholars. Zorn's musical language-an amalgam of seemingly incongruous techniques, sounds, styles, and genres-creates complex and sometimes confusing listening experiences that are difficult to categorize in terms of overarching thematic or narrative design. Brackett offers a number of perspectives for understanding Zorn's music and musical practices, while challenging certain assumptions that limit the ways in which contemporary music is typically addressed.

Über den Autor

John Brackett lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Foreword by John Zorn

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. From the Fantastic to the Dangerously Real: Reading John Zorn's Artwork

2. Magick and Mysticism in Zorn's Recent Works

3. Tradition, Gifts, and Zorn's Musical Homages

4. Continuing the Spiral: Aporias and the Prisms of Tradition

Epilogue

Discography/Filmography

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Genre: Importe, Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Biographien & Monographien
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Indiana University Press (IPS)
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780253220257
ISBN-10: 0253220254
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Brackett, John
Hersteller: Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press (IPS)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße: 234 x 156 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: John Brackett
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.11.2008
Gewicht: 0,38 kg
Artikel-ID: 131310325