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Assistant editor: Robert Flemming.
Published by Schirmer BOOKS, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Macmillan Publishing, New York, USA. (c) 1997 by Schirmer BOOKS.
Paperback edition published in 1999 by University of California Press.
ISBN 0-02-864657-6 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0-520-21491-9 (paperback)
Table of contents
PART TWO: MUSIC WITH CHANGING PARTS (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
PART THREE: PLAY (MUSIC FOR THEATER AND FILM)
PART FOUR: ENDGAME
Contents in detail
Tim Page: Philip Glass
1989
Ev Grimes: Interview: Education
1989
PART TWO: MUSIC WITH CHANGING PARTS (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
Joan La Barbara: Philip Glass and Steve Reich
1974
Tim Page: Dialogue with Philip Glass and Steve Reich
1804
Tom Johnson: Chronicle, 1972-1981
1989
Wes York: Form and Process
1981
Richard Foreman: Glass and Snow
1970
Art Lange: Chronicle, 1977-1980. John Howell: Listening to Glass
1974
Tim Page: Music in 12 Parts
1993
Allan Kozinn: The Touring Composer as Keyboardist
1980
Richard Kostelanetz: Philip Glass
1979
Edward Strickland: Minimalism
1992
PART THREE: PLAY (MUSIC FOR THEATER AND FILM)
Charles Merrel Berg: Philip Glass on Composing for Film and Other Forms: The Case of Koyaanisqatsi
1990
David Cunningham: Einstein on the Beach
1977
Joseph Roddy: Listening to Glass
1981
Allan Kozinn: Glass’s Satyagraha
1986
Robert C. Morgan: Philip Glass: The Photographer (1984, revised 1996). Unknown: Interview with Philip Glass
1984
Mark Swed: Editor’s Preface to “Philip Glass’s Akhnaten” by Paul John Frandsen
1993
Paul John Frandsen: Philip Glass’s Akhnaten
1993
Thomas Rain Crowe: Hydrogen Jukebox
1990
John Koopman: Interview on Operas
1990
Kyle Gann: Midtown Avant-Gardist
1992
Peter G. Davis: Star Drek
1992
David Walters: Style and Soul: Interview
1992
Aaron M. Shatzman: The Sound of Minimalism: Philip Glass in Concert and on Record
1987
Richard Serra: Philip Glass
1986
Tricycle: First Lesson, Best Lesson
1992
PART FOUR: ENDGAME
Bibliography. Works by Philip Glass. Discography. Acknowledgments. Biographical Notes. Index.
Notes
The book opens with “Metamorphosis”, a section describing Glass’s life and career in detail, with an introductory essay by Tim Page followed by an extensive interview conducted with Glass on his early musical development.
Part II of the book focuses on Glass’s instrumental work, including his well-known chamber work Music in 12 Parts, and his life as a touring composer/musician.
Part III focuses on his multimedia/theatrical works, including his 1990 collaboration with Allen Ginsberg on Hydrogen Jukebox. The book concludes with a bibliography, complete list of Glass’s works, and discography for building a record collection.
Compiled with the participation of Philip Glass, and drawing on his extensive archives, this book promises to become a standard for lovers of contemporary music, as well as an important reference for professional musicologists and music libraries.