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Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

1994
58m

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7.9/10

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Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy (1994)

Featuring Harry Partch, Lou Harrison and Terry Riley, Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy addresses the freedom desired by the musicians and their efforts to gain recognition and opportunities while existing outside of the mainstream. Together the featured artists offer a deeper understanding of their alternative musical pursuits and how they have affected American culture.

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American composers have long struggled against the momentum of the Western European classical tradition and the prestige it has held in America's cultural life. Featuring Harry Partch, Lou H... Read allAmerican composers have long struggled against the momentum of the Western European classical tradition and the prestige it has held in America's cultural life. Featuring Harry Partch, Lou Harrison and Terry Riley, Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy addresses the freedom desir... Read allAmerican composers have long struggled against the momentum of the Western European classical tradition and the prestige it has held in America's cultural life. Featuring Harry Partch, Lou Harrison and Terry Riley, Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy addresses the freedom desired by the musicians and their efforts to gain recognition and opportunities while existing... Read all

Director
- Michael Blackwood
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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

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Director
- Michael Blackwood
Stars

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Quotes
Terry Riley: The ideas that we have as composers or performers are essentially ideas that come through us in our daily life just as our other experiences happen to us. Some days we might walk out in front of a car, some days, you know, we'll have a great inspiration to write a new orchestral piece. The way I view it now is that you do it always as a practice, as an everyday thing, you have some practices to do to keep you connected to it, to keep you fluent in it, and to keep the devotion there for it, to keep the love of doing it. Then when some kind of special inspiration happens, it creates a new piece or a new area to work on.