Afterword by Frank O'Hara Morton Feldman (1926-1987) is among the most influential American composers of the 20th Century. While his music is known for its exteme quiet and delicate beauty, Feldman himself was famously large and loud. His writings are both funny and illuminating, not only about his own music but about the entire New York School of painters, poets and composers that coalesced in the 1950s, including his friends Jackson Pollack, Philip Guston, Mark Rothko, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank O Hara, and John Cage.

About the Author
B H Friedman was a friend of Morton Feldman in the later years of his life. He has written biographies on Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner and Gertrude Vanderbilt.

Reviews
"What was great about the fifties is that for one brief moment - maybe, say, six weeks - nobody understood art. That's why it all happened." - Morton Feldman; "Like the artists involved in the new American painting, he was pursuing a personal search for expression which could not be limited by any system. His music sets in motion a spiritual life which is rare in any period and especially so in ours." - Frank O'Hara"



Book Information
ISBN 9781878972316
Author B H Friedman
Format Paperback
Page Count 221
Imprint Exact Change,U.S.
Publisher Exact Change,U.S.
Weight(grams) 379g