«Words without music»: The American story of Philip Glass
Abstract
The article was written on the basis of documentary materials — the memoirs of the contemporary American composer Philip Glass (1937) «Words without Music». Having studied memoirs, interviews and research literature of different years, the author traces the life and creative path of Glass as a prominent representative of the experimental art of the United States of the second half of the 20th century, deeply connected with national cultural traditions. Close contacts with the avantgarde New York environment, an appeal to Asian culture, as well as to jazz and rock predetermined Glass’s self-identification as an American Maverick composer, distinguished by his principled orientation towards updating the musical language, experimentalism, the invention of new styles (musical minimalism) and techniques of write (in particular, the original repetitive method of organizing music material — a linear additive process and a linear subtractive process).
About the Author
A. E. Krom
Nizhny Novgorod State Academy of Music named after M. Glinka
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dr. Habil; Ass. Prof.
Piskunova St., 40, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950
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For citations:
Krom A.E. «Words without music»: The American story of Philip Glass. Bulletin of Vaganova Ballet Academy. 2020;(5):110-125. (In Russ.)
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