{"product_id":"12163-music-of-the-avant-garde-source-music-of-the-avant-garde-complete-set","title":"[Music of the Avant-Garde] \"Source: Music of the Avant-garde\"  - COMPLETE SET","description":"\u003cp\u003eRare complete set of this groundbreaking publication, an extraordinary and beautifully designed endeavor with stunning typography, multiple paper stocks, multi-colored scores, 10 inch LPs, 35mm slides, fur, shot-gun holes (!), etc., each 13.5\" by 10.75\" bound with plastic spiral spines. One issue (Vol. 4) with two copies of the same record, mistakenly included by the publisher. Otherwise all complete as issued, in fine condition, most with minor creases to covers, some moderate cover fading\/foxing, occasional chips to spiral plastic. Overall a very good set of these striking volumes, rarely seen in better condition and seldom found complete.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Source\" was a seminal source for materials in the heyday of experimental music and arts. Conceived in 1966 and published to 1973, it included some of the most important composers and artists of the time: John Cage, Harry Partch, David Tudor, Morton Feldman, Robert Ashley, Pauline Oliveros, Dick Higgins, Nam June Paik, Steve Reich, and many others. A pathbreaking publication, it documented crucial changes in performance practice and live electronics, computer music, notation and event scores, theater and installations, intermedia and technology, politics and the social roles of composers and performers, and innovations in the sound of music. Larry Austin was the founding editor of Source and is Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of North Texas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVol. 1, No. 1 (January 1967) - Includes unusual musical scores and large photographs, contributions by\/about Robert Ashley; Larry Austin; Earle Brown; Giuseppe Chiari; Barney Childs; David Freund; Harry Partch; David Reck; Karlheinz Stockhausen; Bertram Turetzky. Highlights include a Harry Parch Photo spread, and a collection of Robert Ashley \"circular\" scores.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIssue No. 2 - Vol. 1, No. 2 (July 1967) - John Cage; Alvin Curran; Morton Feldman; David Freund; Jerry Hunt; Toshi Ichiyanagi; Ben Johnston; Alvin Lucier; Stanley Lunetta; Gordon Mumma; Harry Partch; David Tudor; Arthur Woodbury. Highlights include a Parch score; a Tudor photo spread; a Cage piece; an Ichiyanagi piece for ocillators, instruments and ring modulators; a conversation with Morton Feldman; and a mix-and-match score by Stanley Lunetta.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIssue No. 3 - Vol. 2, No. 1 (January 1968) - David Behrman; Allan Bryant; Harold Budd; Paul Chihara; Will Johnson; Douglas Leedy; Daniel Lentz; John Mizelle; Robert Moran; Pauline Oliveros; Jon Phetteplace; Steve Reich; Frederic Rzewski; New Music Ensemble. Hard to choose stand-outs. Pieces by Harold Budd and Steve Reich; essays by Pauline Oliveros and Frederic Rzewski (\"Plan for Spacecraft\"); a fold-out multi-color score by Allan Bryant, and another one by Daniel Lenz; an essay on the First Festival of Live Electronic Music, with flyer inserted; and an essay with photos on legendary music ensembles New Music Ensemble, ONCE Group, Sonic Arts Group, and musica elettronica viva.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIssue No. 4 - Vol. 2, No. 2 (July 1968) - With original LPs\/records, posters, and interactive pull-outs. Robert Ashley; Larry Austin; David Behrman; Mario Bertoncini; Allan Bryant; John Cage; Lowell Cross; Jocy de Oliveira; Lukas Foss; Lejaren Hiller; Ben Johnston; Udo Kasemets. Included are 2 10\" records-featuring: Robert Ashley-THE WOLFMAN; David Behrman-WAVE TRAIN; Larry Austin-ACCIDENTS; Allan Bryant-PITCH OUT; a Jocy Oliveira \"score map slide\" (yep, an actual 35mm slide of a map); an essay by Lowell Cross on \"The Stirrer\"; Udo Kasemets' Eight Edicts; Cage and Hiller's HPSCHD; and the photo score to Larry Austin's Accidents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIssue No. 5 - Vol. 3, No. 1 (January 1969). The Special Picture Issue. Anna Lockwood; Christian Wolff; Dick Higgins; Stanley Lunetta; Robert Erickson; Jon Hassell; Arthur Woodbury; Andrew Stiller; R. Murray Schafer; Max Newhaus; Barney Childs; The New Percussion Quartet. Highlights include a photo spread of Anna (Annea) Lockwood with diections for Glass Concerto 2; a Dick Higgins essay; a Stanley Lunetta score in cartoon form; Jon Hassell's Map 2 a 6 inch square sheet of magnetic tape attached to the page; Barney Childs cut-out Event Machine; and a Max Neuhaus sampler.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIssue No. 6 - Vol. 3, No. 2 (July 1969). Infamous \"shot-gun\" issue. This copy retains original interactive projects and pull-outs. Some wear to cover, but otherwise in very good condition. This issue includes \"And Coming Up Dripping\" by David Rosenbloom; Dick Higgins The Thousand Symphonies\" (the cover photo and inside cover, along with a page from the original score filled with bullet holes); Phillip Corner; a visually stunning Jani Christou score; Harold Budd; John Dinwiddie; Alvin Lucier; John Mizelle; Fredric Rzewski; Daniel Lentz; Morton Feldman; Roger Reynolds; Joel Gutsche.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIssue No. 7\/8 [Double issue] - Vol. 4, No. 1 \u0026amp; 2 (1970) - Contains Source Records numbers 3 \u0026amp; 4 and the first publication of Lucier's \"I am sitting in a room.\" John Cage; Alvin Sumsion; Ben Johnson; Bengt Emil Johnston; Ed Kobrin; Jocy De Oliveira; Pauline Oliveros; Arthury Woodbury; Barry Spinello; Mark Reiner; Robert Moran; Allen Strange; Alvin Lucier; Sven Hansel ; Harvey Matusow; Lowell Cross; Carson Jeffries; David Tudor; Ken Maue; Larry Austin; Alcides Lanza; Kira Gale; Stanley Lunetta; Peter Garland; Boudewin Buckinx; Don Walker; Morton Feldman; John Dinwiddie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIssue No. 9 - Vol. 5, No. 1 (1971). . Includes Source records #5 \u0026amp; 6; Lowell Cross' Musica Instrumentalis ( a diagram with cut-out pages and an envelope with the actual score: five photographs; Arrigo Lora-Tontino; Marilyn Wood; Jim Burns; Manford Eaton; Jacques Brodier; Ed Kobrin; Alvin Curran; Paul Klerr; Anna Lockwood; Nelson Howe; Nicolas Slonimsky. RECORD 5: Lowell Cross-VIDEO II \u0026amp; Arrigo Lora-Totino-ENGLISH PHONEMES. RECORD 6: Alvin Curran-MAGIC CARPET \u0026amp; Anna Lockwood-TIGER BALM. The score for FUR MUSIC is notated with actual fur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIssue No. 10 - Vol. 5, No. 2 (1971) - This issue is edited by Alvin Lucier and includes works by Lucier; Stuart Marshall's gorgeous score for Zones; Naked people with cameras attached to their heads; Steve Reich; Anthony Braxton; Mary Lucier; Pauline Oliveros; Cornelius Cardew's score for the Great Learning; features on the Scratch Orchestra and the Portsmith Sinfonia; Naked Software etc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIssue No. 11 - Vol. 6, No. 1 (1973) - Contributions by Christo, Tom Marioni, Jaroslaw Kozlowski, Ken Friedman, Dietrich Albrecht, Milan Knizak, Max Neuhaus, Image Bank, Allan Kaprow, Nicholas Slonimsky \u0026amp; others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093476823199,"sku":"12163","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/SourceMusicoftheAvant-garde-COMPLETESET12163a.png?v=1765572318","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/12163-music-of-the-avant-garde-source-music-of-the-avant-garde-complete-set","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}