Music and The Skillful Listener : American Women Compose The Natural World.

This book presents nine case studies of female composers who have used the sounds of the natural world for information. The author looks at the music of Amy Beach, Marion Bauer, Louise Talma, Pauline Oliveros, Joan Tower, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Victoria Bond, Libby Larsen, and Emily Doolittle. With an introduction, notes, bibliography and index. Music examples. Plates.

xiii, 397 p.; 23 cm.
Cloth
Language: English
ISBN: 0253006627
ISBN13: 9780253006622
UPC: 9780253006622