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Edited by Larry Sitsky, with foreword by Jonathan D. Kramer. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002. [xx, 660 p. ISBN 0-313-29689-8. $114.95]. Work lists, bibliographies, charts, index.
Steve Reich: A Bio-Bibliography. By D. J. Hoek. (Bio-Bibliographies in Music, 89.) Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002. [xiv, 171 p. ISBN 0-31331207-9. $72.95.] Index.
The term avant-garde used to conjure up military associations--images of elite troops venturing boldly into foreign or enemy territory, well ahead of the rest of the forces. In music, the word is usually used to refer to innovators setting out to conquer the unknown--but hardly as a technical term whose meaning needs to he narrowly circumscribed. Yet that is precisely what editor Larry Sitsky, aided by no fewer than fifty contributing scholars, seems to be intent on doing: determining the exact meaning of avant-garde, as well as who is and who is not. At the same time, though, they widen the circle of candidates for the honor in such a way that the composers...
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