Structural Multistabilities and Listening Experiences in Minimalist Music
Series: Ashgate Studies in Theory and Analysis of Music After 1900;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 24 November 2025
- ISBN 9781032845944
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages214 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations 117 Illustrations, black & white; 12 Halftones, black & white; 105 Line drawings, black & white 700
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Short description:
This book uses an interdisciplinary theory of multistability to investigate different effects minimalist music has on the listener. Drawing on theories of multistability from philosophy and psychology, it builds a framework and typology that demonstrates minimalist music’s reliance on multistable structure for its interpretive flexibility.
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Kristen Wallentinsen uses an interdisciplinary theory of multistability to investigate different effects minimalist music has on the listener.
Drawing on theories of multistability from philosophy and psychology, the book builds an analytical framework and typology that demonstrates minimalist music’s reliance on multistable structure for its interpretive flexibility. Through a close analysis of works by Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Ann Southam, Charlemagne Palestine, and Julius Eastman, the book shows that multistability exists as a through-line across minimalist compositional approaches and can be a valuable way to gain deeper insight into the structures and experiences of minimalist music.
This book will be of primary interest to scholars of music theory and musicology, but will also be of interest to scholars of music cognition, music performance, philosophy, art, and media studies, as well as those interested in twentieth-century culture. It benefits readers by introducing an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of listener experience in music.
MoreTable of Contents:
Chapter 1: Intentionality and Flexibility in Minimalist Music Chapter 2: “Mysteries to Satisfy All”: A Cognitive and Phenomenological Frame Chapter 3: A Typology of Multistability in Minimalist Music Chapter 4: Realizing Multistability in Minimalist Music Chapter 5: Ambiguity and Multistable Experience in Reich’s The Desert Music Chapter 6: Jugglers, Dancers, and Louis Vuitton: Multistability’s Interactions in Minimalist Multimedia Compositions Conclusion: A New Element of Shared Minimalist Aesthetic
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