“Merce Cunninghman: Common Time” considers one of the 20th century’s most significant choreographers.
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David Grubbs on the meaning of records
David Grubbs on why the experimental music of the 1960s was so rarely recorded at the time—and what changes when we listen to it today.
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Alvin Lucier is sitting in a room (at the MCA)
Composer Alvin Lucier comes to Chicago for a three-day retrospective.
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A new box set gives experimental composer David Tudor his due
A new box set recognizes experimental composer David Tudor’s pioneering work with electronics and indeterminacy.
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The Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s final shows in Chicago
The Merce Cunningham Dance Company gives its final Chicago performances this weekend, but its music lives on an fantastic box set.