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Author Anhalt, István, author.

Title Eagle minds : selected correspondence of Istvan Anhalt and George Rochberg, 1961-2005 / Alan M. Gillmor, editor
Published Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xliii, 426 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Series CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection
Contents pt. 1. A new friendship (1961-1964) -- pt. 2. Musical composition (1965-1976) -- pt. 3. The aesthetics of survival and alternative voices (1981-1985) -- pt. 4. Politics, religion, and society (1986-2000) -- pt. 5. Envoi (2001-2005)
Summary Eagle Minds-a selection from the correspondence between the Canadian composer and scholar Istvan Anhalt and his American counterpart George Rochberg-is a splendid chronicle and a penetrating analysis of the swerving socio-cultural movements of a volatile half-century as observed by two highly gifted individuals. Beginning in 1961 and spanning forty-four years, their conversation embraces not only music but other forms of contemporary art, as well as politics, philosophy, religion, and mysticism. The letters chronicle the deepening of their friendship over the years, and the openness, honest
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Rochberg, George -- Correspondence
Anhalt, István -- Correspondence
SUBJECT Anhalt, István fast
Rochberg, George fast
Anhalt, István, 1919- fast/nic/nac
Rochberg, George. swd
Anhalt, István. swd
Subject Composers -- Correspondence
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
MUSIC -- Reference.
Composers
Compositeurs -- Correspondance.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Personal correspondence
Records and correspondence
Form Electronic book
Author Rochberg, George, author.
Gillmor, Alan M., editor.
LC no. 2011560559
ISBN 9781554586899
1554586895
9781554580927
1554580927