Interpretive labor : experimental music at work /

"Interpretive Labor: Experimental Music at Work introduces and develops the author's theory of Interpretive Labor, based on examples from the postwar Euro-American avant-garde and other forms of experimentalism. The book establishes several models of musical work: the Executive calling the...

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Main Author: Speyer Carithers, Kirsten L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Interpretive Labor: Experimental Music at Work introduces and develops the author's theory of Interpretive Labor, based on examples from the postwar Euro-American avant-garde and other forms of experimentalism. The book establishes several models of musical work: the Executive calling the shots, the Scientist testing and refining, the Administrator making sure events happen, the Hacker subverting a given system, and the Gamer making a new system entirely. Each model of Interpretive Labor, and its representative case studies, demonstrates a unique but interrelated form of engagement with the work of being a contemporary musician. The book also explores the myriad connections between music and labor in the neoliberal present. Its characters comprise a powerful system of working methods that can help us understand creative work more broadly"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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