{"product_id":"now-that-the-audience-is-david-grubbs-9780822371472","title":"Now That the Audience Is Assembled","description":"Following his investigation into experimental music and sound recording in \u003ci\u003eRecords Ruin the Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e, David Grubbs turns his attention to the live performance of improvised music with an altogether different form of writing. \u003ci\u003eNow that the audience is assembled\u003c\/i\u003e is a book-length prose poem that describes a fictional musical performance during which an unnamed musician improvises the construction of a series of invented instruments before an audience that is alternately contemplative, participatory, disputatious, and asleep. Over the course of this phantasmagorical all-night concert, repeated interruptions take the form of in-depth discussions and musical demonstrations. Both a work of literature and a study of music, \u003ci\u003eNow that the audience is assembled\u003c\/i\u003e explores the categories of improvised music, solo performance, text scores, instrument building, aesthetic deskilling and reskilling, and the odd fate of the composer in experimental music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Grubbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822371472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822371472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"David Grubbs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947355668735,"sku":"9780822371472","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_436522a1-0222-41a0-a3bf-8fc05ab2672d.jpg?v=1681518235","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/now-that-the-audience-is-david-grubbs-9780822371472","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}