Lou Harrison
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Music's inclusivity--its potential to unite cultures, disciplines, and individuals--defined the life and career of Lou Harrison (1917-2003). Beyond studying with avant-garde titans such as Henry Cowell and Arnold Schoenberg, he conducted Charles Ives's Pulitzer Prize-winning Third Symphony, staged high-profile percussion concerts with John Cage, and achieved fame for his distinctive blending of cultures--from the Chinese opera, Indonesian gamelan, and the music of Native Americans to modernist dissonant counterpoint.

Leta E. Miller and Fredric Lieberman take readers into Harrison's rich world of cross-fertilization through an exploration of his outspoken stance on pacifism, gay rights, ecology, and respect for minorities--all major influences on his musical works. Though Harrison was sometimes accused by contemporaries of "cultural appropriation, " Miller and Lieberman make it clear why musicians and scholars alike now laud him as an imaginative pioneer for his integration of Asian and Western musics. They also delve into Harrison's work in the development of the percussion ensemble, his use of found and invented instruments, and his explorations of alternative tuning systems. An accompanying compact disc of representative recordings allows readers to examine Harrison's compositions in further detail.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780252091926
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. 1. Prelude
  7. 2. Portrait: A Life in Music
  8. 3. Percussion Music and Instrument Building: More than Just Noise
  9. 4. Passion for Asia: Inspirations from China, Korea, and Indonesia
  10. 5. Purely in Tune: Exploring Just Intonation Systems
  11. 6. Processes of Synthesis: Coherence and Variety
  12. 7. Politics and Society: Activist Art, Activist Arguments, Activist Acts
  13. 8. Peroration: System, Syncretism, and Style
  14. Notes
  15. Selected Works (with instrumentation, approximate timings, selected recordings, and publishers of the scores)
  16. For Further Reading
  17. Suggested Listening
  18. Compact Disc Contents
  19. Index