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Written by a composer deeply embedded in new and experimental music, Semi-Conducting offers an insider's exploration of the musical avant-garde over the past fifty years. Nicolas Collins combines personal anecdotes with critical analysis to chart how technology, influential figures, and radical ideas have reshaped the way we create, experience, and understand sound. The book examines the evolving relationship between popular culture and avant-garde music, traces shifting definitions of improvisation and composition in an era where traditional scores give way to unconventional notations and approaches, and surveys the post-Cagean landscape from both participant and observer perspectives. Ideal for composers, musicians, students, and anyone interested in contemporary music history and experimental sound practices.

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Nicolas Collins draws on five decades of direct involvement in experimental music to provide authentic insights into the avant-garde's development and key creative figures.

Semi-Conducting explores how technology has fundamentally transformed compositional methods, performance practices, and the very definition of musical material.

The book examines the complex interplay between popular culture and avant-garde innovation, showing how these musical worlds have influenced and challenged each other.

Collins traces evolving concepts of improvisation and composition, documenting how contemporary music has moved beyond traditional score-based approaches to embrace new forms of notation and creative direction.

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Bloomsbury
Format
hardcover
ASIN
B0D85YFFYC
Category
Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Music > Music Theory, Composition & Performance > Composition & Orchestration
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Amazon UK
Release Date
20 February 2025
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28 June 2024

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