Brian Eno's seminal album Ambient 1: Music for Airports continues to fascinate and charm audiences, not only as a masterpiece of ambient music, but as a powerful and transformative work of art. Author John T. Lysaker situates this album in the context of twentieth-century art music, where its ambitions and contributions to avant garde music practice become even more apparent.
CONTENTS
About the Companion Website
Acknowledgements
Introduction: White Noise, Seminal Sounds
Chapter One: A First Listen, or Through a Glass Lightly
Chapter Two: Music for Airports and the Avant-Garde: The Activity of Sounds
Chapter Three: Eno's Journey from Art School to the Studio: Becoming a Non-Musician
Chapter Four: Ambience
Chapter Five: Between Hearing and Listening: Music for Airports as Conceptual Art
Crossroads: An Afterword
Sources for Further Reading and Listening
Series | The Oxford Keynotes |
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