{"product_id":"repeating-ourselves-american-minimal-music-as-cultural-practice-paperback","title":"Repeating Ourselves: American Minimal Music as Cultural Practice - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Fink\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere did musical minimalism come from--and what does it mean? In this significant revisionist account of minimalist music, Robert Fink connects repetitive music to the postwar evolution of an American mass consumer society. Abandoning the ingrained formalism of minimalist aesthetics, \u003ci\u003eRepeating Ourselves \u003c\/i\u003econsiders the cultural significance of American repetitive music exemplified by composers such as Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass. Fink juxtaposes repetitive minimal music with 1970s disco; assesses it in relation to the selling structure of mass-media advertising campaigns; traces it back to the innovations in hi-fi technology that turned baroque concertos into ambient \"easy listening\"; and appraises its meditative kinship to the spiritual path of musical mastery offered by Japan's Suzuki Method of Talent Education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most important, and clearly the most culturally and theoretically informed, of any of the major studies on minimalism. No other book comes remotely close to establishing the historical links between early postmodernist Euro-American social changes. Fink's scholarship is as impeccable as his readings of minimalist compositions are stunningly insightful. Not least, the book is beautifully written.--Richard Leppert, editor of \u003ci\u003eT. W. Adorno, Essays On Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A model of interdisciplinary scholarship at its best. \u003ci\u003eRepeating Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e is now the central study on both minimalism and on repetition. This is an excellent book, and very important indeed.\"--Anahid Kassabian, author of \u003ci\u003eHearing Film \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Fink\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of California, Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.12 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53099961483571,"sku":"9780520245501","price":69.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/V05YcCtkNEFCN29xMjFyQXc0aDBsZz09.webp?v=1772481640","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/repeating-ourselves-american-minimal-music-as-cultural-practice-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}