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Henry Cowell New Musical Resources (Paperback). In 1971, Virgil Thomson hailed it as 'a classic'. For this 1996 edition, David Nicholls has provided an explanatory essay and annotations to Cowell's text. Author: Henry Cowell. Title: New Musical Resources. Further DetailsTitle: New Musical Resources Condition: New Description: Since its original publication in 1930, Henry Cowell's New Musical Resources has become recognised as one of the few seminal technical studies to be written by a twentieth-century composer. In 1971, Virgil Thomson hailed it as 'a classic'. Cowell aimed to 'point out the influence the overtone series has exerted on music throughout its history, how many musical materials of all ages are related to it, and how … a large palette of musical materials can be assembled'. In this respect Cowell was anticipating many of the ideas to be realized in electronic music by Stockhausen and others. For this 1996 edition, David Nicholls has provided an explanatory essay and annotations to Cowell's text. The essay traces the sources for the book and attempts to place Cowell's theories in the broader context of musical modernism. Author: Henry Cowell EAN: 9780521499743 Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Contributor: David Nicholls (Contributions by) ISBN: 9780521499743 Format: Paperback Language: English Item Height: 208mm Item Length: 144mm Item Width: 19mm Item Weight: 366g Genre: Music Dance & Theatre Publisher: Cambridge University Press Release Date: 03/28/1996 Release Year: 1996 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.