Since its original publication, "Composing a World" by Leta E. Miller and Fredric Lieberman has become the definitive work on the prolific California composer Lou Harrison, often cited as one of America's most original and influential figures. "Composing a World" presents a compelling and deeply human portrait of an exceptionally beloved pioneer in American music. This paperback edition is an updated version of the highly acclaimed "Lou Harrison: Composing a World". The product of extensive research, as well as seventy-five interviews with the composer and those associated with him over half a century, this new edition features an updated works catalog reflecting compositions completed after 1997, adds a brief description of the circumstances of Harrison's death, and corrects a few minor errors. It also includes an annotated works-list detailing more than 300 compositions and a CD featuring over 74 minutes of illustrative Harrison compositions, including several unique and previously unrecorded works. Extending beyond simple biography, "Composing a World" includes chapters on music and dance, intonation and tuning, instrument building, music criticism, political activism, homosexuality, and Harrison's Asian influences, among other topics. This indispensable study of Harrison's life and works - currently out of print - will be welcomed back by performing artists, students, and scholars of American music.
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"Leta Miller and Fredric Lieberman have . . . created the ideal introduction to the composer and his music."--Music and Letters
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This is a good book about Lou Harrison that at least touches on almost all aspects of his life and work. I can't say it is a must have but it was enjoyable.
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On October 25, 1915, Calline Lillian Silver married Clarence Maindenis Harrison in Portland, Oregon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cham orch, cham ens, perc ens, instr ens, cembalo sonatas, gamelan works, male chor, saron instruments, str orch, rev vers, gamelan compositions, traditional gamelan, pure intervals, sonic beauty, puppet opera, gamelan instruments, percussion works, percussion orchestra, short score, gamelan music, intonation systems, percussion music, elephant bells, vibration ratios, dissonant counterpoint Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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On October 25, 1915, Calline Lillian Silver married Clarence Maindenis Harrison in Portland, Oregon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cham orch, cham ens, perc ens, instr ens, cembalo sonatas, gamelan works, male chor, saron instruments, str orch, rev vers, gamelan compositions, traditional gamelan, pure intervals, sonic beauty, puppet opera, gamelan instruments, percussion works, percussion orchestra, short score, gamelan music, intonation systems, percussion music, elephant bells, vibration ratios, dissonant counterpoint Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, New York, Pak Cokro, Los Angeles, Black Mountain, Virgil Thomson, Pacifika Rondo, United States, Young Caesar, San Jose State, Henry Cowell, John Cage, Richard Dee, Strict Songs, Old Granddad, Equal Tempered, Charles Ives, Free Style, Cabrillo Music Festival, Harry Partch, Robert Hughes, Bill Colvig, Mills College, Central Javanese, East Coast New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Lou Harrison by Fredric Lieberman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- "MAXIMUM CLARITY" AND OTHER WRITINGS ON MUSIC by Ben Johnston in Back Matter
- STAGING TRADITION: JOHN LAIR AND SARAH GERTRUDE KNOTT (Music in American Life) by Michael Ann Williams in Back Matter
- Come Hither to Go Yonder: PLAYING BLUEGRASS WITH BILL MONROE (Music in American Life) by Bob Black in Back Matter
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