Topless cellist : the improbable life of Charlotte Moorman / Joan Rothfuss ; foreword by Yoko Ono.

Author
Rothfuss, Joan [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2014.
Description
xiii, 447 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

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      Summary note
      "The Juilliard-trained cellist Charlotte Moorman sat nude behind a cello of carved ice, performed while dangling from helium-filled balloons, and deployed an array of instruments and sounds on The Mike Douglas Show that included her cello, a whistle, a cap gun, a gong, and a belch. She did a striptease while playing Bach in Nam June Paik's Sonata for Adults Only. In the 1960s, Moorman (1933-1991) became famous for her madcap (and often unclothed) performance antics; less famous but more significant is Moorman's transformative influence on contemporary performance practice--and her dedication to the idea that avant-garde art should reach the widest possible audience. In Topless Cellist, the first book to explore Moorman's life and work, Joan Rothfuss rediscovers, and recovers, the legacy of an extraordinary American artist"--Jacket.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
      Contents
      • Part one. Leaving Little Rock (1933-1961)
      • part two. Queen of the avant-garde (1962-1978)
      • part three. Living while dying (1979-1991).
      ISBN
      • 9780262027502 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
      • 026202750X ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
      • 9780262533584 ((paperback))
      • 0262533588 ((paperback))
      LCCN
      2013046631
      OCLC
      864418236
      Other standard number
      • 40024102952
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