{"product_id":"maximum-clarity-and-other-writings-ben-johnston-9780252030987","title":"Maximum Clarity and Other Writings on Music","description":"Described by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e critic John Rockwell as \"one of the best non-famous composers this country has to offer,\" Ben Johnston reconceives familiar idioms--ranging from neoclassicism and serialism to jazz and southern hymnody--using just intonation. Johnston studied with Darius Milhaud, Harry Partch, and John Cage, and is best known for his \u003ci\u003eString Quartet No. 4, \u003c\/i\u003e a complex series of variations on \u003ci\u003eAmazing Grace.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection spans forty years and brings together forty-one of Johnston's most important writings, including many rare and several previously unpublished selections. They include position papers, theoretical treatises, program notes, historical reflections, lectures, excerpts from interviews, and letters, and they cover a broad spectrum of concerns--from the technical exegesis of microtonality to the personal and the broadly humanistic. A discography of commercially available recordings of Johnston's music closes out the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Johnston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252030982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252030987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.36w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 243","brand":"Ben Johnston","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086438969599,"sku":"9780252030987","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0fd56a46-838b-4f61-832d-9fa597e50dc8.jpg?v=1769094674","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maximum-clarity-and-other-writings-ben-johnston-9780252030987","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}