Rationalizing culture [electronic resource] : IRCAM, Boulez, and the institutionalization of the musical avant-garde / Georgina Born.

Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, c1995.

1 online resource (xv, 390 p., [8]p. of plates) : ill.

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As a year-long participant-observer, Born studied the social and cultural economy of an institution for research and production of avant-garde and computer music. She gives a unique portrait of IRCAM's composers, computer scientists, technicians, and secretaries, interrogating the effects of the cultural philosophy of the controversial avant-garde composer, Pierre Boulez, who directed the institute until 1992.

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May 06, 2016

Includes bibliographical references and index.