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Experimentalism Otherwise : The New York Avant-Garde and Its Limits - Benjamin Piekut

Experimentalism Otherwise

The New York Avant-Garde and Its Limits

By: Benjamin Piekut

Hardcover | 4 April 2011 | Edition Number 1

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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 time-New York City, 1964-Piekut examines five disparate events: the New York Philharmonic's disastrous performance of John Cage's Atlas Eclipticalis; Henry Flynt's demonstrations against the downtown avant-garde; Charlotte Moorman'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.
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"Richly deserving superlatives, [Experimentalism Otherwise] is a memorable, exciting, rigorous, and beautifully written book of considerable importance." -- Edward Crooks, University of York Tacet "This is an important book, and should be part of every academic music library." -- Clemens Greeser Notes (Music Library Assoc) "Objective, insightful prose" All About Jazz "An original and important book... Impressive in its scope... A concise and focused account." -- Thomas Fogg Current Musicology "Experimental Otherwise crafts a surprisingly strong narrative." -- Dave Cantor Skyscraper

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