Some Bibliographical Links

The Web Magazinefrom the American Music Center

 

Kenny G's, A Popular Guide to Unpopular Music: http://www.wfmu.org/~kennyg/popular.html

 

Rubberneck Magazine: http://www.btinternet.com/~rubberneck/

Rubberneck was founded in 1985 by its editor/publisher Chris Blackford, and is the longest-running experimental music magazine in Britain specialising in improvised musics (improv to its friends) and free jazz. Other genres covered include experimental rock, electroacoustic, contemporary composition, plus a section concerned with film music. The magazine is published twice a year (occasionally three times), in June and December. Contents consist of interviews, specially commissioned essays by leading musicians, CD reviews, book reviews, magazine listings, and a video review section devoted to non-mainstream film, including silent film and animation.

The Wire: http://www.dfuse.com/the-wire/

The UK based, internationally celebrated music magazine with a global perspective. Mapping new developments in Electronica, Ambient, drum 'n' bass and post-rock through to free jazz, new classical, avant-garde, world music and more, The Wire provides an ongoing adventure in modern music.

20/20: 20 New Sounds of the 20th Century

by William Duckworth

This book is designed to introduce students to the various styles pioneered in 20th-century music through a series of key listening examples. Written in an easy to-understand style, the author begins by addressing 20 questions about "New Music," including why this music is considered "difficult" to enjoy and what its composers are trying to achieve. Duckworth proceeds through a varied repertoire of works, including:

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
by Claude Debussy
Maple Leaf Rag
by Scott Joplin
The Rite of Spring
by lgor Stravinsky
Pierrot Lunaire
by Arnold Schoenberg
The Concord Sonata
by Charles Ives
Rhapsody in Blue
by George Gershwin
Bolero
by Maurice Ravel
Ouartet for the End of Time
by Olivier Messiaen
Appalachian Spring
by Aaron Copland
Sonatas and Interludes
by John Cage
Mysterious Mountain
by Alan Hovhaness
In C
by Terry Riley
Drumming (*)
by Steve Reich
I Am Sitting in a Room
by Alvin Lucier
4th String Quartet: Amazing Grace
by Ben Johnston
Einstein on the Beach
by Philip Glass
Perfect Lives
by Robert Ashley
O Superman (*)
by Laurie Anderson
Miserere
by Arvo Part
Atlas
by Meredith Monk

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Excerpts on included audio CD, except those noted "(*)".