On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Hrvatski wrote:
quoted 2 lines Michael Nyman, "Experimental Music" 1969. (I know, I know, he also wrote> Michael Nyman, "Experimental Music" 1969. (I know, I know, he also wrote
> 'The Piano' music).
Back in print as of June '99, in paper and hardback. God bless. I am
particularly fond of Tom Johnson's _Voice of New Music_, a collection of
his writings for the Village Voice from '72 to '82. Heavy coverage of
minimalism and other branches of NY experimental stuff. Now out
of print on Het Apollohuis (RIP?), but maybe available from your
well-stocked museum bookstore.
_Sound by Artists_ is edited/written by Lander/Lexier and put out by the
Walter Philips Gallery. I've been looking for this for a while, actually.
If you want to get beyond secondary sources, there's this fascinating book
of interviews with Xenakis by Balint Andras Varga (no diacriticals
available in ASCII, sorry). Published by Faber and Faber in England.
I can't imagine a discussion of this kind of thing without mentioning John
Cage, who has written numerous books about (and "about") the subject.
Start w/ _Silence_.
-rob