Sonic encounters.

Table of Contents: “…Primitive (1942) for prepared piano ; In the name of the Holocaust (1942) for string piano / John Cage -- Orbit No. 2, op. 102, No. 2 (1952) ; Jhala, op. 103 (1952) / Alan Hovhaness -- Five pieces for piano (1962) / George Crumb -- Cosmic Womb (1975) for two pianos with digital delay / Somei Satoh -- Gu Yue (Ancient music) (1986) / Ge Gan-Ru.…”
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American string quartets 1950-1970.

Table of Contents: “…String quartet / Stefan Wolpe (17:30) -- String quartet / Earle Brown (11:51) -- String quartet in four parts / John Cage (21:44) -- Quartet no. 3 for string quartet and electronic tape / Leon Kirchner (18:01) -- Summer / Christian Wolff (4:39) -- Black angels (Images I) for electric string quartet (Thirteen images from the dark land) / George Crumb (22:45) -- String quartet no. 5 (in quarter tones) / Lejaren Hiller (26:52) -- String quartet no. 2 / Jacob Druckman (18:40) -- Structures for string quartet / Morton Feldman (5:56).…”
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Sorceress of the new piano: the artistry of Margaret Leng Tan ; The maverick piano /

Table of Contents: “….: Introduction -- Inventing the new piano : the first "C" : Henry Cowell -- Inventing the new piano : the second "C" : John Cage -- The American avant garde through an Asian lens -- Roots and landscapes -- Inventing the new piano : the third "C" : George Crumb -- The new mavericks, East and West -- Dogs and toys -- Ode to Schroeder -- Legacy.…”
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Songs of America on home, love, nature, and death.

Table of Contents: “…Beautiful child of song / Stephen Foster -- Dust of snow ; The rose family : [both] from Three poems by Robert Frost / Elliott Carter -- The moon drops low : from Four American Indian songs / Charles Wakefield Cadman -- Home thoughts ; White moon ; Joy / Ruth Crawford (Seeger) -- The widow's lament in springtime / Milton Babbitt -- American primitive : from Three solitary songs / Warren Benson -- The sleeper / George Crumb -- My father : from Mutability / Irving Fine -- Nothin' but love ; I love you truly ; Her greatest charm / Carrie Jacobs-Bond -- The junk man / Sergius Kagen -- Lost / Mario Davidovsky.…”

Anthology of twentieth-century music /

Table of Contents: “…No. 1 "La luna está muerta, muerta" / George Crumb -- Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima / Krzysztof Penderecki -- Vesalii icones. …”

Music of the twentieth century : an anthology /

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