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This book offers the most detailed account so far of the early works of these four minimalist composers, putting extensive discussion of the music into a biographical perspective. The true musical minimalism of the 1960s and early 1970s is placed in the wider context of their music as a whole, and considered within the cultural conditions of the period, which saw not only the rise of minimalism in the fine arts but also crucial changes in the theory and practice of musical composition in the Western cultivated tradition.

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makes you ponder what this was all about.......2005-01-19

The phenomenon of minimalist music I think is better understood from its initial stages, for after market popularity sets in the theoretical fascinations seem to dissipate, seem to become rationalized away as unimportant and cumbersome. If you take all four praticioners here, to my mind only their early works seem to hold any interest at all,it is only the only works that have a "longevity" factor, where we can still find points of interests. For it was in the early works that carried the weight into what we have now.
Musical minimalism as well is a kind of misnomer in that the term began in the visual arts and if you go there you will find the term and its results and achievments has a much more vigorous base of contemplation and export. There simply is more important things happening there, as Donald Judd,the minimalist shrine of cubes and geometric shapes in an old Army base in Marfa Texas or the flourescent lighting schemes of Dan Flavin, the powerful sculptural plates of Richard Serra,or painters abound as Ellsworth Kelly, Frank Stella and Bridget Riley. There simply is no comparison with the level of conceptual depth and gestural focus, what art is suppose to do, what it did, and how the concept is engaged,and how it responds to its context and art history,or a temporality (how for instance the spirit, ir-religious of course is engaged in Richard Serra, his plates where the human mind simply stands there engaged in peace with his own existence or sense of space and time). Musical minimalism has no equivalent, and it is a shame for it could have had this. La Monte Young's "Well-Tuned Piano", a 9 hour work with just intonation tunings of the piano comes close to the temporal vigours of Judd's shrine I beleive.
With the introduction of opera in the works of Glass well now we are in another dimension, for Glass resorted to traditional classical structures of opera, duets, trios, quartets, (as in Aknathen) this is no longer innovative means. Potter's book draws light on this paradigm here makes you think of these issues what minimalism did and what it is now. Was it simply a fad?, or did it produce sustainable music?, music we can return to once or twice, or was minimalism simply "grist" for the mill of the market, one time, make the cash, take the money and run. Again the importance of minimalism is found in its early repertoire, Reich fascinating threadbare music for four woodblocks was all he needed to write to proclaim a status, or Glass's early music with Farfisa organs and saxophones,"Music in Fifths" or Riley's "In C", or his "Keyboard Studies" are all relevant pieces we can return to unpretenciously.

The late Morton Feldman is of course not here. He had intense knowledge of the visual arts world and his last works sought to reclaim this paradigm for music (his Second String Quartet, and Triadic Memories, For Chritian Wolff) are works scaling long durational lengths a place where minimalism in music seems to be now a beginning point not an end. Had Feldman lived I think he would have written even longer works. Of course Cage's massive work for organ now being realized in Halberstadt Germany, a work lasting years is also a step in the right direction.

music theory exposition, and history too.......2001-03-22

Potter's book will be best appreciated by those with a much better understanding of music theory than I. However, I learned something about the personal and musical history of so-called "minimalism." (Potter falls prey to some extent to the problem of reifying an abstraction -- having first grouped some things together into a category, then searching for the true meaning of the category.) Is there a torch passed, so to speak, from Young to Riley to Reich to Glass? Glass is the only one to adamantly deny it, but Potter documents the basis for seeing it just that way (including Reich's influence on Glass).

One aspect I am keen to know more about, but which Potter doesn't stress overly much, is the striking confluence of non-Western influences. Young and Riley are both disciples of the North Indian master singer, Pandit Pran Nath, who died in 1996. Reich studied both African drumming as well as the gamelan music of Bali. Glass studied Indian music, after being immersed in serialism. With the European "classical" tradition at an impasse at the turn of the millennium, it seems only natural that the future would lie in creative fusions and combinations with other traditions. (Not a very original idea, I realize, as evidenced by the recent emphasis of the Kronos Quartet among others.) Minimalism seems by now to be another style that passed into history and critical assessments -- is there an opening there that is being missed?

Glass Signatures, Trademarks and Trade Names: From the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century

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Glass Signatures, Trademarks and Trade Names: From the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century
Anne Geftken Pullin
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ASIN: 0870694626

Flaws in the Glass (Twentieth Century Classics)

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Flaws in the Glass (Twentieth Century Classics)
Patrick White
Manufacturer: Penguin Books Australia Ltd
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Wonderful!
Wonderful resource
ruby galss of the 20th century

Ruby Glass of the Twentieth Century
Naomi L. Over
Manufacturer: Antique Publishers
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ASIN: 1570800545

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Wonderful!.......2001-06-02

I have been collecting ruby glass for over 20 years. I have never concerned myself with the history or pricing of same until recently. If you love ruby you will find this book a good resource.

Wonderful resource.......2001-05-30

I have been collecting ruby glass for 20 years because I love the beauty of it. I was never concerned with the price or make until recently. This is a good beginning resouce with color photos and a price guide. If you love ruby you will enjoy this book.

ruby galss of the 20th century.......2000-04-23

A fabulous book for ruby glass collectors or collectors of anysort. A great reference for rare pieces and everyday itmes.

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This is the most comprehensive book written on Lefton China to date. What makes this book stand apart is the extensive price guide section containing company identification numbers, descriptions, and current prices for more than 7,600 different items made by the prolific Geo. Zoltan Lefton Company of Chicago, Illinois. Lefton collectors will also welcome the examples shown of over one hundred Lefton patterns, enabling quick identification of related pieces. A unique feature is the section describing and illustrating the popular Lefton Collections, including Colonial Village, Historic American Lighthouses, Lil Country Folk, Roadside U.S.A., and Tasha Tudor to name just a few. A company history, display of manufacturing marks, and over 360 color photographs of Leftons figurines, boxes, plates, planters, teapots, vases, and more--including items never before published--round out this colorful and useful presentation.

Artists in Glass: Late Twentieth Century Masters in Glass

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Artists in Glass: Late Twentieth Century Masters in Glass
Dan Klein
Manufacturer: Mitchell Beazley
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ASIN: 1840003405

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Artists in Glass is a comprehensive and timely survey of the international art glass movement, exploring its dynamic history and its future at the beginning of the 21st century. The work of over 70 of the world's best glass artists is featured, from Harvey Littleton and Erwin Eisch to the great practitioners of today such as Bertil Vallien and Dale Chihuly, including work of many of the new generation of glass artists, some never-before published. Illustrated with 300 superb pieces of glass art, Artists in Glass is a stunning resource for today's glassmakers, for design historians, and for collectors of this increasingly popular area of contemporary design.

Twentieth-Century Ceramics (Mitchell Beazley Antiques & Collectables)

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Twentieth-Century Ceramics (Mitchell Beazley Antiques & Collectables)
Paul Atterbury , Ellen Paul Denker , and Maureen Batkin
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Dresden Porcelain Studios: Identification & Value Guide

ASIN: 1845330811

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What makes twentieth-century ceramics so appealing? They’re readily available, generally affordable, and stylistically suited to the contemporary home. This popular guide is the first to cover a wide range of these modern-day British and North American ceramics factories in detail. It explores over 200 manufacturers, covering pre-war designers, as well as the 1950s and 1960s—and it now has even been brought right up to date with revised prices and a new chapter on recent collectables.

The Glass Menagerie: A Collection of Critical Essays (Twentieth Century Interpretations)

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Mysterious, touching play. Recommended highly.

The Glass Menagerie: A Collection of Critical Essays (Twentieth Century Interpretations)

Manufacturer: Prentice-Hall Inc / Spectrum
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Mysterious, touching play. Recommended highly........1999-02-27

I wish I had read this play earlier. It really is a great story. I say it is mysterious because it is told from the memory of one of the characters. Laura, a crippled girl who has dropped out of school, spends all her time playing with small animals made of glass (i.e., the glass menagerie). She has never had a boyfriend, but one day her brother Tom brings home a man from his work. It turns out that in high school Laura had a crush on this man, who went to school with her. It takes some thinking, but it is a wonderful work. See for yourself--find a copy of this somewhere. It can be read in no time at all.

Craft in the Machine Age 1920-1945: The History of Twentieth-Century American Craft

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The Marraige of Industry and Design

Craft in the Machine Age 1920-1945: The History of Twentieth-Century American Craft
N. Y.) American Craft Museum (New York
Manufacturer: Harry N Abrams
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The Marraige of Industry and Design.......2005-12-22

This book was published as a catalogue for a 1991 show at the American Craft Museum. The show's purpose was to look at Craft in the United States from 1920-1945. This was an exciting period when American industrial designers took many of the emerging ideas of European Modernism and gave these new theories a unique American character. This age known variously as Depression Modern, Streamline, Art Moderne and Art Deco.

What makes this book interesting is that it focuses on craft. There are chapters on wood working, metal working, glass blowing, ceramics and textiles. As would be expected, this book covers the iconic works of the masters such as Teague, Deskey, Rhode and Wright. But there are also a number of less well known craftmen of the period. It is these more obscure figures that make this book compelling. Their contributions illustrate that fact that this was a movement as oppossed to the exceptional works of a few remarkable craftsmen.

"Craft in the Machine Age" is filled with numerous photographs and has chapters on the different crafts written by museum curators and academics. As you would expect, it is a well made professional catalogue of a major art exhibition. This book is a must purchase for enthusiasts of American material culture in the years between the two World Wars. Highly recommended.

Early Twentieth Century Lighting Fixtures: Featuring Gas & Electric, Ceiling, Wall, Table & Art Glass Fixtures

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Early Twentieth Century Lighting Fixtures: Featuring Gas & Electric, Ceiling, Wall, Table & Art Glass Fixtures

Manufacturer: Collector Books
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ASIN: 1574321463

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Hundreds of gas, electric, ceiling, and art glass fixtures, and wall and table lamps from the early 1900s are featured in this reprint of selections from the R. Williamson Company Lamp Catalog. In addition to revising the prices to reflect today's market, Joanne Francis Thomas have included several pages deleted from the original catalog in our first reprint. A special color section in the book features gas and electric glassware, electric bowls, stalactites, and balls, globes, and candelabra shades and holders.2000 values. REVIEW: This book shows the diversities in products and presentation of pieces by the Fostoria Company, until it closed the factory in Moundsville in 1986. The authors have presented this complex period as simply as possible, providing original company catalog pages and detailed photographs.

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The author of Secrets of Plant Propagation returns with this revised edition of his book Pruning Simplified. This edition contains more than 300 step-by-step illustrations.

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Pruning Made Easy.......2007-09-29

An excellent guide for pruning everything in the garden. Diagrams are clear and easy to follow. After looking at more that 20 books on pruning, Pruning Made Easy was my choice and I am very satisfied.

Pictures are worth one thousand words!.......2007-02-27

I like this book so much - this is the third copy I have purchased this year! (I keep giving my copy away to family members who desperately need it.) The black line drawings are what keep bring me back to this one book for all of our pruning needs. We have berry bushes (some wild and some we planted ourselves), flowering shrubs, fruit trees, a bonzi tree, a dogwood, grape vines, 3 old Oaks trees and 2 young Walnut trees. This ONE BOOK has helped us to care for each of them according to their needs and age. It has helped turn my brown thumb into green.

PRUNING.......2007-01-09

This book was very helpful for the gardener with lots of trees and shrubs

Highly Recommended.......2006-09-03

If you're looking for a good basic book on pruning this is it. I purchased the Ortho book on Pruning and it was a terribe. I went to the library and rented several books on pruning and this was by far the best.

O.K.......2004-12-15

I was somewhat disappointed when this book came. I was expecting a detailed description on pruning individual types of trees. For example, I wanted a book that I could look crepe myrtle up in the index go to that page and have a detailed description on how and when to prune. Crepe Myrtle is not even in the index. I am going to buy the Southern Living Gardening book now.

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Pruning: How-to Guide for Gardeners
Horticultural Publishers
Manufacturer: HP Trade
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ASIN: 0895861887

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Pruning - How-to Guide For Gardeners
Robert L. and Maccaskey, Michael Stebbins
Manufacturer: Hp Books
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ASIN: B000JZJPY8

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Pruning: How-To Guide for Gardeners
Micheal; Stebbins, Robert L. MacCaskey
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ASIN: B000NNB21K

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