By Joaquín M. Benítez Translated by Yuzuru Kondo Table of Contents Preface by Yuzuru Kondo Chapter 1: The Age of Diversity Chapter 2: Avant-Garde and Experimental Music Chapter 3: On Collective Improvisation Afterword Appendix: A Small Dictionary of Contemporary Music, co-edited by Yuzuru Kondo This book examines the music of the 1950s and 60s, based on a consistently rigorous aesthetic methodology, and considers how the various types of music of that era can be classified. It is not a textbook on contemporary music, but rather an essay that helps to gain a clear vision of the musical situation of that time. There are age-related stains on the front and back covers, and the inner pages are yellowed. There are no folds or tears. Please understand that this is a used book before purchasing. Thank you.