Rationalizing Culture: IRCAM, Boulez, and the Institutionalization of the Musical Avant-Garde

This is an ethnography of a powerful western cultural organization, the renowned Institut de Recherche et de Co-ordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) in Paris. The book studies the social and cultural economy of an institution for research and production of avant-garde and computer music.

• | By (Author): Georgina Born (Author)
• | Publisher: University of California Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 08, 1995
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 392 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0520202163
• | ISBN-13: 9780520202160