Composing a World: Lou Harrison, Musical Wayfarer [With CD]

by Leta E. Miller and Frederic Lieberman

Composing a World is the definitive work on Lou Harrison, the prolific California composer often cited as one of America's most original and influential figures. The product of extensive research, including seventy-five interviews with the composer and those associated with him over half a century, Composing a World includes chapters on music and dance, intonation and tuning, instrument building, music criticism, Harrison's political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252071883
• ISBN13: 9780252071881
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 381 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.4"