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New Musical Figurations: Anthony Braxton's Cultural Critique
New Musical Figurations: Anthony Braxton's Cultural CritiqueNew Musical Figurations: Anthony Braxton's Cultural Critique

New Musical Figurations: Anthony Braxton's Cultural Critique

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PublisherThe University of Chicago Press, The University of Chicago Press, Ltd.
Copyright HolderThe University of Chicago
Cover photoRolf Hans
Contributing PhotographerBill Smith, Terry Martin
About/SubjectAnthony Braxton, Jazz
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
LocationChicago, London
This Edition Published1993
Pages / Fontxv, 315 pages
Barcode978022670196790000
ISBN0-226-70196-4
ChaptersList of illustrations, p. ix Acknowledgements, p. xi A Note on sources and methods, p. xv 1. Introduction: A new musical balance, p. 1 2. Chicago as aesthetic center, p. 28 3. Musical assertions of black identity, p. 77 4. New musical convergences: Paris and New York, p. 140 5. Defining a black vanguard aesthetic, p. 180 6. Black experimentalism as spectacle, p. 238 Epilogue: Jazz recast, p. 269 Appendix A: Picture titles of compositions cited, p. 277 Appendix B: Recordings cited/Anthony Braxton on record, p. 285 Music index, p. 297 General index, p. 301
NotesContains 18 figures and musical examples, and ten black-and-white photographs.
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