Einatmen – Ausatmen

This book recounts the experiences gathered over many decades by an incomparably versatile musician: in the fields of composition, improvisation, and performance; across a wide variety of musical styles, ranging from avant-garde festivals to the “Moulin Rouge”; in his shifting roles as composer, performer, teacher, and sound researcher; and within a diverse array of musical institutions. Globokar’s view of musical life is often radical, his judgment always nonconformist, his attitude free of all vanity. This can be verified in 13 chapters penned by Globokar himself, supplemented by an introductory essay, a biographical interview, and catalogs of his works, recordings, and writings. An indispensable aid to understanding Globokar’s music, this book also contributes to shedding light on New Music in its relationship to extra-musical reality.

"This intellectually concise, linguistically unpretentious, and attractively designed volume is not only a guide to Globokar's own work, but also a clear objection to the 'institutional affirmation' in which, according to Globokar, many of his colleagues have settled." Peter Niklas Wilson

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