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Changing the system: the music of Christian Wolff
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posted on 2023-07-25, 13:01 authored by David RyanChanging the System is piece by American composer Christian Wolff for a variable number of musicians. It was written in the early 1970s when Wolff’s music was undergoing certain changes and attempting to address the changing political situation around him. This chapter looks at the piece, Changing the System, both in terms of its constituent parts and materials, and in the broader context of experimental and indeterminate musical traditions and their relationship with ‘political’ art. The final section compares Wolff’s work with Luigi Nono, Hans Werner Henze, and Cornelius Cardew, as well as the broader issues of time and participation within avant-garde practices.
History
Refereed
- Yes
Publisher
AshgatePlace of publication
Farnham, UKTitle of book
Changing the system: the music of Christian WolffISBN
9781409406914Editors
Stephen Chase, Philip ThomasFile version
- Published version
Language
- eng