Gay Guerrilla (Eastman Studies in Music)
Renee Levine Packer
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Description for Gay Guerrilla (Eastman Studies in Music)
Hardcover. A compelling portrait of composer-performer Julius Eastman's enigmatic and intriguing life and music. Editor(s): Packer, Renee Levine; Leach, Mary Jane. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 284 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGP; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Composer-performer Julius Eastman (1940-90) was an enigma, both comfortable and uncomfortable in the many worlds he inhabited: black, white, gay, straight, classical music, disco, academia, and downtown New York. His music, insistent and straightforward, resists labels and seethes with a tension that resonates with musicians, scholars, and audiences today. Eastman's provocative titles, including Gay Guerrilla, Evil Nigger, Crazy Nigger, and others, assault us with his obsessions. Eastman tested limits with his political aggressiveness, as reflected in legendary scandals like his June 1975 performance of John Cage's Song Books, which featured homoerotic interjections, and the uproar over his titles ... Read more
Composer-performer Julius Eastman (1940-90) was an enigma, both comfortable and uncomfortable in the many worlds he inhabited: black, white, gay, straight, classical music, disco, academia, and downtown New York. His music, insistent and straightforward, resists labels and seethes with a tension that resonates with musicians, scholars, and audiences today. Eastman's provocative titles, including Gay Guerrilla, Evil Nigger, Crazy Nigger, and others, assault us with his obsessions. Eastman tested limits with his political aggressiveness, as reflected in legendary scandals like his June 1975 performance of John Cage's Song Books, which featured homoerotic interjections, and the uproar over his titles ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
595g
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580465342
SKU
V9781580465342
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Reviews for Gay Guerrilla (Eastman Studies in Music)
Julius Eastman enjoyed the admiration of peers such as Morton Feldman, Meredith Monk and Pierre Boulez. Here, highly engaging essays by those who knew Eastman well recall him as a person and assess his brilliance. While there are amusing anecdotes about his more madcap moments . . . the overall message is that he was an artist deserving of significant ... Read more