Experimentalism Otherwise: The New York Avant-Garde and Its

Experimentalism Otherwise: The New York Avant-Garde and Its Limits (California Studies in 20th-Century Music)

In Experimental Otherwise, Benjamin Piekut takes the reader into the heart of what we mean by "experimental" in avant-garde music. Focusing on one place and timeâ€”New York City, 1964â€”Piekut examines five disparate events: the New York Philharmonicâ€™s disastrous performance of John Cageâ€™s Atlas Eclipticalis; Henry Flyntâ€™s demonstrations against the downtown avant-garde; Charlotte Moormanâ€™s Avant Garde Festival; the founding of the Jazz Composers Guild; and the emergence of Iggy Pop. Drawing together a colorful array of personalities, Piekut argues that each of these examples points to a failure and marks a limit or boundary of canonical experimentalism. What emerges from these marginal moments is an accurate picture of the avant-garde, not as a style or genre, but as a network defined by disagreements, struggles, and exclusions.

Country	USA
Author	Benjamin Piekut
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780520948426
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
NumberOfPages	297
PublicationDate	2011-04-04
Publisher	University of California Press
ReleaseDate	2011-03-30
Studio	University of California Press

Experimentalism Otherwise: The New York Avant-Garde and Its Limits (California Studies in 20th-Century Music)