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Writings On Glass
Essays, interviews, criticism
1997

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Edited and introduced by Richard Kostelanetz.
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 ONE: METAMORPHOSIS (OVERVIEW)
PART TWO: MUSIC WITH CHANGING PARTS (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
PART THREE: PLAY (MUSIC FOR THEATER AND FILM)
PART FOUR: ENDGAME

Contents in detail

PART ONE: METAMORPHOSIS (OVERVIEW)
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

Writings on Glass highlights the life and the career of America’s best-known classical composer, Philip Glass. Well-known as a champion of minimalism, Glass’s operas (Einstein on the Beach; Satyagraha), film scores (Koyaanisqatsi; The Thin Blue Line), and symphonic and popular works have made him a dominant figure on the American musical landscape. This book traces the development of Glass’s varied work through in-depth interviews, along with critical writings by leading musicologists.

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.

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