Iddon, Martin (University of Leeds)

John Cage and David Tudor: Correspondence on Interpretation and Performance - Music since 1900 Iddon, Martin (University of Leeds)

Marc Notes: Originally published: 2013.; Martin Iddon discusses one of the twentieth century's most provocative musical collaborations: between composer John Cage and pianist David Tudor. Brief Description: Martin Iddon discusses one of the twentieth century's most provocative musical collaborations: between composer John Cage and pianist David Tudor. Table of Contents: 1. The music of chance; 2. Correspondence, 1951 3; 3. Determining the determinate; 4. Determining the indeterminate; 5. Correspondence, 1958 62; 6. (In)determining the indeterminate; 7. Correspondence, 1965 89; 8. 'Late' realizations; 9. Praxis and poiesis in indeterminate music."Review Quotes: " one is impressed by both Tudor's commitment and Iddon's persistence Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above; general readers." J. Behrens, Choice"Review Quotes: "There is no other such study so thorough, indeed no other collection of primary materials which approaches this one in depth. Nor a study full of such useful and informative contextualisation and commentary for that matter. It's a major contribution to its specific area, and to scholarship on one of the major fields in twentieth century musical development. Very well produced, it carries a strong recommendation." Classical Net Review Citations:

Choice 11/01/2013 (EAN 9781107014329, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Iddon, Martin Martin Iddon is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Leeds. He previously lectured at University College Cork and Lancaster University, and studied composition and musicology at the Universities of Durham and Cambridge. His musicological research largely focuses on post-war music in Germany and the United States of America and has been published in numerous leading journals, including Musical Quarterly, twentieth-century music and the Contemporary Music Review. His music has been performed in Europe, North America and Australasia and has been featured on BBC Radio 3, Radio New Zealand and the Osterreichischer Rundfunk.