On Innovative Musicians

This book is the re-publication of a compilation of profiles—all of them originally written between the late 1960s and the late 1980s, some of them a quick glance, others in considerable depth—of a selection of fascinating performers, composers, and personalities that have played important roles in shaping the course of new music through the twentieth century. Based on interviews, personal knowledge, and friendships, Richard Kostelanetz has made the twentieth century live again. He talks ab...