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New music, new allies : American experimental music in West Germany from the zero hour to reunification /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beal, Amy C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006]
Series:California studies in 20th-century music ; 4.
Subjects:
Music > Germany > 20th century > History and criticism.
Avant-garde (Music)
Online Access:Table of contents
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : West Germany and the American experimental tradition
  • The American occupation and agents of reeducation (1945-1950)
  • Debuts (1950-1954)
  • Ambassadors for the American avant-garde (1955-1958)
  • Musics of change : action after Cage (1959-1961)
  • Changing of the guards (1962-1970)
  • The pluralism paradigm (1970-1974)
  • New allies and old heroes (1975-1990)
  • Conclusion : from Darmstadt to Halberstadt.