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Drawing inspiration from John Cage's, Notations, Notations 21 features illustrated musical scores from more tan 100 international composers, all of whom are making amazing breakthroughs in the art of notation. These spectacularly beautiful and fascinatingly creative visual pieces are not only make for exciting music, but inspiring visual art as well. The scores are accompanied by written contributions from the artists that explore every facet of their creative processes, from inspiration to execution. Contributors included the likes of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Earle Brown, Halim El-Dabh, Joan La Barbara, and Yuju Takahashi as well as New Zealand composers Mark Langford and Cilla McQueen.
In the spirit of honoring the 40th anniversary's Cage's seminal book, while furthering it in a 21st century context, a portion of the sales will be donated to Foundation for Contemporary Arts.
Edited by Theresa Sauer.
Collation
313pp; xxviii; 285
Copyright
Mark Batty Publisher
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Mark Batty Publisher