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Avante-garde (Music) -- United States -- 20th Century

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Angus MacLise sound recordings

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 445
Abstract:

The Angus MacLise Sound Recordings document selected musical work of Angus MacLise. The sound recordings are 5 and 7.5 inch reel-to-reel audio tapes that consist of experimental music composed and performed by MacLise in solo performances and in collaboration with other musicians and artists. The recordings span the years 1965 to 1978.

Dates: 1965-1978

Major Figures in American Music

 Collection
Call Number: OHV
Scope and Contents: Major Figures in American Music is the core unit of Oral History of American Music. It consists of over 1000 interviews with composers, performers, and other significant musicians. The first subjects were those most fragile in terms of age and health, such as Eubie Blake, Nadia Boulanger, Aaron Copland, Harry Partch, Charles Seeger, Claire Reis, and Virgil Thomson. Among other senior composers interviewed during the OHAM's first decade were John Cage, Lou Harrison, Ernst Krenek, Leo...
Dates: 1930-2023, bulk 1970-2023