Book review: Singing Archaeology: Philip Glass's 'Akhnaten' by J Richardson; Four Musical Minimalists: La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass by K Potter; Jonathan Harvey by A Whittall

Adlington, R. (2001) Book review: Singing Archaeology: Philip Glass's 'Akhnaten' by J Richardson; Four Musical Minimalists: La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass by K Potter; Jonathan Harvey by A Whittall. Music & Letters, 82 (3) pp. 487-491. ISSN 0027-4224 (print) 1477-4631 (online)

Abstract

This article reviews the following books: Singing Archaeology: Philip Glass's ‘Akhnaten’ by John Richardson, pp. xiv + 294, ‘Music/Culture’ (Wesleyan University Press, Hanover, NH, & London, 1999, ISBN 0-811195-6342-0); Four Musical Minimalists: La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass by Keith Potter, pp. xv + 390, ’Music in the Twentieth Century‘ (Cambridge University Press, 2000, £45, ISBN 0-521-48250-X); Jonathan Harvey by Arnold Whittall, pp. [vi] + 90 (Faber & Faber, London & Boston, in association with IRCAM, Paris, 1999, £9.99 ISBN 0-571-19581-4).

Official URL:	https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/82.3.487
Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Book review, Philip Glass, La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Jonathan Harvey
Subjects:	M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature on music > History and criticism > Composition and performance Music aesthetics Music History
Division:	Musicology
Depositing User:	Robert Adlington
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2022 16:02
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2023 10:34
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/82.3.487
URI:	https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2236

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