Introduction -- Ping-Pong and Its Discontents -- Doubles, Rhymes and Groups in Stereo -- Transnational Multiorchestralism -- The Monumental Stereo of Son Et Lumière -- Phonographic Spaces : Circling San Marco, Navigating Niagara -- Open Works Locked into Grooves -- Epilogue
Summary
"Largely focusing on avant-garde composers active in the 1950s and 60s, this book highlights their engagement with records and recording. Combining approaches from music history, cultural studies and sound studies, it shows how contemporary listeners experienced this music through consumer-oriented technology also embraced by popular music creators"-- Provided by publisher
Notes
Description based upon print version of record
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-310) and index