Bridges, Brian
(2008)
Product of Culture-Clash: social scene, patronage and group
dynamics in the early New York Downtown scene and the
Theatre of Eternal Music.
Maynooth Musicology: Postgraduate Journal, 1.
pp. 215-244.
Abstract
This article will explore the background to the establishment of the
Downtown avant-garde art and music scene in New York, including a
survey of the role of the experimental composer in American music. It
will investigate cultural interactions and influences between some of the
main players in the early Downtown scene, focusing in particular on the
Theatre of Eternal Music (TEM), the ensemble formed in the 1960s by
New York-based “founding-father” Minimalist La Monte Young. It will
examine some of the cross-pollination which occurred between the group
and the environment in which it developed and will briefly survey the
manner in which historical accounts have attributed varying degrees of
credit to members of the group, along with a brief account of the current
dispute between Young on the one hand and Tony Conrad and John Cale
on the other.
Item Type: |
Article
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Keywords: |
Culture-Clash; social scene; patronage; group
dynamics; New York Downtown scene; Theatre of Eternal Music; Maynooth Musicology; |
Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts & Humanities > Music |
Item ID: |
9465 |
Depositing User: |
IR Editor
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Date Deposited: |
09 May 2018 11:32 |
Journal or Publication Title: |
Maynooth Musicology: Postgraduate Journal |
Publisher: |
Maynooth Musicology |
Refereed: |
Yes |
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