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The San Francisco Tape Music Center: 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde
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Paperback. Tells the story of the influential group of creative artists - Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin - who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. This title presents a comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center. Editor(s): Bernstein, David W. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 color photographs, 29 b/w photographs, 10 line drawings, 1 foldout, DVD. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 756. 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde. 344 pages. Editor(s): Bernstein, David W. Tells the story of the influential group of creative artists - Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin - who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. This title presents a comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; AV; JFC. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 22. Weight: 756.
This book tells the story of the influential group of creative artists - Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin - who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. An integral part of the robust San Francisco 'scene', the San Francisco Tape Music Center developed new art forms through collaborations with Terry Riley, Steve Reich, David Tudor, Ken Dewey, Lee Breuer, the San Francisco Actor's Workshop, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Ann Halprin Dancers' Workshop, Canyon Cinema, and others. Told through vivid personal accounts, interviews, and retrospective essays by leading ... Read more
This book tells the story of the influential group of creative artists - Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin - who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. An integral part of the robust San Francisco 'scene', the San Francisco Tape Music Center developed new art forms through collaborations with Terry Riley, Steve Reich, David Tudor, Ken Dewey, Lee Breuer, the San Francisco Actor's Workshop, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Ann Halprin Dancers' Workshop, Canyon Cinema, and others. Told through vivid personal accounts, interviews, and retrospective essays by leading ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
756g
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520256170
SKU
V9780520256170
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About Bernstein
David W. Bernstein is Professor of Music and Head of the Music Department at Mills College. He is coeditor, with Christopher Hatch, of Writings Through John Cage's Music, Poetry, and Art and Music Theory and the Exploration of the Past.
Reviews for The San Francisco Tape Music Center: 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde
"An outlandish episode on nearly every page of this book... A probing account." Los Angeles Times "The excitement of exploration and the delight in fortuitous accident come through in the many firstperson accounts and interviews which make up the bulk of David W. Bernstein's marvellous account of the Center." Times Literary Supplement (TLS) "[An] extremely accessible and often inspiring book ... Read more