NEW BOOKS

The Percussionist's Art: Same Bed, Different Dreams examines concert music for percussion instruments through the eyes of a performer. The book is a practical philosophy, looking not just at the big ideas behind these and other pieces, but also at how those ideas find expression in sound. It has a foreword written by former New Yorker and New York Times music critic Paul Griffiths.

The book also contains a CD of Steven Schick performing eight musical works that he discusses in detail in the book.  Composers include John Luther Adams, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Edgard Varèse, Charles Wuorinen, and Iannis Xenakis.

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