From The New Yorker to the New York Times, posthumous praise for the composer reigns today, recognizing him as an iconic figure in the history of America's avant-garde. The Music Library is pleased to announce that the John Cage Trust has generously provided permission to provide online access to a very significant lecture given by John Cage at the first June in Buffalo. Pauline Oliveros, Meredith Monk, John Cage, and Morton. Ensemble, is his song of the summer for 2016. Gay Guerrilla : l'histoire de Julius Eastman is the first French-language book devoted to the artist. Stirring up controversy (and Cages disapproval) with a performance of John Cages Song Books into which he incorporated homoerotic elements and perhaps. Hua Hsu on why Julius Eastman’s Femenine, recorded in 1974 by New York’s S.E.M. Partly inspired by Patti Smith and her anthem Rock N Roll Nigger, these controversial titles were meant to honor Africans for their importance in the history of building the American economy, and constitute one of the singularities of his work. In a combustible career, the late composer swerved from critical acclaim to gate-crashing. Although Eastman had a working relationship with John Cage and many other minimalist. There have been many misfits in classical music, but Julius Eastman stands tall among them. In 1990, after seven years of "voluntary martyrdom" amidst psychotropic drugs and homeless wanderings, Eastman died and fell into obscurity.Īfrican-American, Eastman used his art throughout his life as a shield against the racial tensions dividing the United States, selecting titles for his compositions (Evil Nigger Crazy Nigger) to shake up morals. Julius Eastman was a minimalist composer born in Ithaca, New York. Braving adversity penniless, yet with a few compositions in hand, in the 1970s he joined the experimental downtown New York music scene, collaborating with John Cage, Arthur Russell, Meredith Monk and Peter Maxwell Davies. Christian Wolff relates a similar event involving his own music and. Julius Eastman-composer, pianist and singer-began his professional journey at Ithaca College in New York State. Julius Eastmans scandalous 1975 performance of Solo 8, for example, elicited intense annoyance from Cage (Dohoney 2014). MINIMAL MUSIC Curated by Eva Huttenlauch und Matthias Mühling Julius Eastman (19401990) was a representative of Minimal Music. A collection of biographical and musical essays about composer-performer Julius Eastman-a compelling portrait of Eastman's enigmatic and intriguing life and music.
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