Unconstructed modernist: how does one account for the fall of Pierre Boulez the composer and the rise of Pierre Boulez the conductor?

Article Abstract:

Pierre Boulez was an influential avant-garde composer in the 1950s, but he reached the height of his creativity early in his career. After the early 1960s his most important musical contribution was in conducting the works of a repertory of modernists.

Criticism and interpretation, Conductors (Music), Boulez, Pierre

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The many faces of Ives

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Ives composed a variety of pieces, ranging from European-style compositions to pieces that put him in the vanguard. Observers have considered him part of the counterculture since the 1960s, but they have placed him more in the mainstream in the 1990s.

Appreciation, Ives, Charles

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Scanning the dial: searching for authenticity in high-art and popular music

Article Abstract:

A college music teacher describes a course that he taught on the popular and classical music since 1968. He discovered that his students preferred music that they found authentic and that appealed to them on emotional terms.

Study and teaching, Music, Popular music

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