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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Leta E.
Other Authors: Lieberman, Fredric
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2006]
Series:American composers.
Subjects:
Harrison, Lou, > 1917-2003.
Composers > United States > Biography.
Harrison, Lou, > 1917-2003 > Criticism and interpretation.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude
  • Portrait : a life in music
  • Percussion music and instrument building : more than just noise
  • Passion for Asia : inspirations from China, Korea, and Indonesia
  • Purely in tune : exploring just intonation systems
  • Processes of synthesis : coherence and variety
  • Politics and society : activist art, activist arguments, activist acts
  • Peroration : system, syncretism, and style.