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The World's Worst: A Guide to the Portsmouth Sinfonia

The World's Worst: A Guide to the Portsmouth Sinfonia

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Availability:In StockContributor:Christopher M. Reeves (Editor), Aaron Walker (Editor), Gavin Bryars (Foreword by)Publish date:2020-05-26Pages:232
Language:EnglishPublisher:Soberscove PressISBN-13:9781940190235ISBN-10:1940190231UPC:9781940190235Book Category:Music, ArtBook Subcategory:History & Criticism, PerformanceSize:8.90 x 6.85 x 0.87 inchesWeight:1.6513Product ID:SCHKCHDQYB

Butchering the classics through avant-garde amateurism: the Portsmouth Sinfonia embodied the joyous collectivism of 1970s British counterculture

In 1970, galvanized in part by the musical experiments of avant-garde composers Gavin Bryars, John Cage and Cornelius Cardew, students at Portsmouth College of Art in England formed their own symphony orchestra. Christened the Portsmouth Sinfonia, its...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Soberscove PressISBN-13:9781940190235ISBN-10:1940190231UPC:9781940190235Book Category:Music, ArtBook Subcategory:History & Criticism, PerformanceSize:8.90 x 6.85 x 0.87 inchesWeight:1.6513Product ID:SCHKCHDQYB
Publisher: Soberscove Press

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