Desert Plants – Conversations with 23 American Composers – Walter Zimmermann
Desert Plants – Conversations with 23 American Composers, by Walter Zimmermann / 197-page paperback + cd, from Mode Records / I have a handful of copies and a restock seems unlikely
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Reissue of the legendary book containing Zimmermann’s 1976 interviews, plus a CD of the audio of the actual composer interviews. Composers interviewed: Larry Austin, Robert Ashley, Jim Burton, John Cage, Philip Corner, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, Joan La Barbara, Garrett List, Alvin Lucier, John McGuire, Charles Morrow, J.B. Floyd (on Conlon Nancarrow), Pauline Oliveros, Charlemagne Palestine, Ben Johnston (on Harry Partch), Steve Reich, David Rosenboom, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Teitelbaum, James Tenney, Christian Wolff, La Monte Young. Reissued as a facsimile of the original edition.
