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A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780226477039
DOI
10.7208/9780226477039
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6063105 bytes)
Pages
690\724
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-20 23:09:55

Description

Founded in 1965 and still active today, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) is an American institution with an international reputation. George E. Lewis, who joined the collective as a teenager in 1971, establishes the full importance and vitality of the AACM with this communal history, written with a symphonic sweep that draws on a cross-generational chorus of voices and a rich collection of rare images. Moving from Chicago to New York to Paris, and from founding member Steve McCall’s kitchen table to Carnegie Hall, A Power Stronger Than Itself uncovers a vibrant, multicultural universe and brings to light a major piece of the history of avant-garde music and art.

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