Changing the System: The Music of Christian Wolff

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Philip Thomas, Stephen Timothy Chase
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2010 - Music - 259 pages
This title is a detailed analysis of the music of Christian Wolff. The reception of Wolff's music is discussed, particularly in relation to the European avant-garde in the 1950s and 1960s, and also within the context of Wolff as an associate of Cage and Feldman.
 

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Morton Feldman Three Voices 1982 opening
17
3
51
3a Christian Wolff For Pianist 1959 page 1 upper system
63
4
70
9
82
5
95
1
96
4
103
Wolff Spring 1995 movement II bars 7080 use of multiple
108
6
143
and the Lawrence Strike Joe Hill version lines 4 and 5
182
The Performer and Listener as CoCreator
193
Playing the Game? Five Reflections upon Performing Christian
211
Bibliography
237
Index
253
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About the author (2010)

Stephen Chase is an independent music scholar and composer, UK.
Philip Thomas is a Senior Lecturer in music at the University of Huddersfield, UK.

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