Compendium of texts on New Music. Edited by Gregory Battcock. Essays "Introduction: In Search of the Avant-Garde," by Gregory Battcock; "Musical Cosmology," by Benjamin Boretz; "Fluxus Music," by Peter Frank; "Boredom and Danger," by Dick Higgins; "Notes on New Music," by Tom Johnson; "Definitions of Popular Music: Recycled," by Gaynor G. Jones and Jay Ruhn; "Moment Form in Twentieth Century of Music," by Jonathan D. Kramer; "The Music of Futurism: Concerts and Polemics," by Rodney J. Payton; "Operational Music," by William Wilson; "Serial Music Today," by Earle Brown; "Time and Music: A Composer's View," by Barney Childs; "Generating and Organizing Variety in the Arts," by Brian Eno; "Paik and Moorman Perform Cage"; "Writings About Music," by Steve Reich; "Synthesizers and the Evolution of Electronic Music," by Jerry Davidson; "Microcomputers and Electronic Music," by Hubert S. Howe, Jr.; "Notations," by Allison Knowles; "Music Since Hiroshima: The Electronic Age Begins," by Herbert Russcol; "Electronic Synthesizers: A Survey," by Stephen Syverud; "Arthur Berger's Trio for Violin, Guitar, and Piano (1972)," by Elaine Barkin; "The Music of Elliott Carter," by William Brandt; "Wiggly Lines and Wobbly Music," by Cornelius Cardew; "Avant-Garde Issues in Seventies Music," by Thomas DeLio; "Edgard Varèse: An Oral History Project," by Ruth Julius; "Two Tonal Composers," by Richard Kostelanetz; "Ear, Heart, and Brain," by Michel P. Philippot; "Schönberg - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow," by Josef Rufer; "Electronic Music and Live Performance," by Elliot Schwartz. Includes an index. The acknowledgements thank Bob Nickas for his research assistance.