In this Book
- Repeating Ourselves: American Minimal Music as Cultural Practice
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
Where did musical minimalism come from—and what does it mean? In this significant revisionist account of minimalist music, Robert Fink connects repetitive music to the postwar evolution of an American mass consumer society. Abandoning the ingrained formalism of minimalist aesthetics, Repeating Ourselves considers the cultural significance of American repetitive music exemplified by composers such as Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass. Fink juxtaposes repetitive minimal music with 1970s disco; assesses it in relation to the selling structure of mass-media advertising campaigns; traces it back to the innovations in hi-fi technology that turned baroque concertos into ambient "easy listening"; and appraises its meditative kinship to the spiritual path of musical mastery offered by Japan's Suzuki Method of Talent Education.
Table of Contents
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- Part One: The Culture of Eros: Repetition as Desire Creation
- Part Two: The Culture of Thanatos: Repetition as Mood Regulation
- List of Illustrations
- pp. 267-268
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520938946
Related ISBN(s)
9780520245501
MARC Record
OCLC
61730530
Pages
296
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No