tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89048873856977096092011-04-21T19:49:10.295-04:00Peter Cherches's research guide to downtown music at NYU Fales LibraryPeter Chercheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024835218405802530noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8904887385697709609.post-25289724785220662522007-12-08T09:50:00.000-05:002007-12-08T17:58:24.891-05:00<a href="http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/fales/DowntownMusic/cherches0.html">Click here to go directly to the Downtown Music Guide</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">In early 2007 I wrote a research guide to downtown music of the 70s &amp; 80s for NYU's Fales Library. It was posted online in December 2007. Fales has major archival collections in the area of downtown arts of that period, and the guide is intended as an additional resource for researchers in downtown arts and culture as well as a collection development tool. This blog has been created as an additional entry point to the guide and a point of communication to the author. In the posts below readers can comment on the guide in general or suggest resources I may have overlooked.</span><br /><br />This guide is an attempt to provide an overview of the major strains of downtown music during the years 1971-1987, a period of remarkable artistic ferment. It should be seen as an aid to further research rather than a comprehensive summation. It covers "new music" (i.e., contemporary classical), jazz and improvised music, and rock, with particular attention to the intermixing of styles and genres that was characteristic of downtown arts in the 'seventies and 'eighties. Each section provides a brief historical overview followed by selected resources, including lists of significant artists and venues, selected bibliographies and discographies, and web resources. Bibliographies and discographies are not intended to be comprehensive but rather are suggested starting points for research on a specific genre or subgenre. The discographies, in general, focus on compilations that give a broad overview of the music; where possible, links have been provided to more detailed web-based discographies.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The guide's home page has a table of contents with links to the various sections. Starting with the Introduction you can page through sequentially via links at the bottom of each page.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/fales/DowntownMusic/cherches0.html">Click here to go to the Downtown Music Guide</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8904887385697709609-2528972478522066252?l=downtownmusicguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peter Chercheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024835218405802530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8904887385697709609.post-26710128492825366462007-12-08T09:40:00.000-05:002007-12-08T11:59:47.366-05:00Please use the comments link below to suggest any resources (web links, books, articles, compilation discs, etc.) that I may have overlooked, or that may not have been available when I wrote the guide. If I'm unable to incorporate them in the main pages, at least they'll be listed here.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8904887385697709609-2671012849282536646?l=downtownmusicguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peter Chercheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024835218405802530noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8904887385697709609.post-83829628595954468862007-12-08T09:30:00.000-05:002007-12-08T12:01:39.522-05:00This is the place to post any general comments, suggestions, queries or bones of contention about the downtown music guide.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8904887385697709609-8382962859595446886?l=downtownmusicguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peter Chercheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024835218405802530noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8904887385697709609.post-14303163481335724082007-12-08T09:20:00.000-05:002007-12-09T11:05:01.032-05:00<span style="font-style: italic;">The following artists are listed in the resources sections of the guide, and are here mainly for indexing purposes. It is by no means a complete list, but includes major downtown artists who were active between 1971 and 1987. Many artists whose most significant work came before or after this period are not included.</span><br /><br />Laurie Anderson<br />Robert Ashley<br />David Behrman<br />Glenn Branca<br />Anthony Braxton<br />Joel Chadabe<br />Rhys Chatham<br />Philip Corner<br />Julius Eastman<br />Henry Flynt<br />Jon Gibson<br />Philip Glass<br />Daniel Goode<br />Peter Gordon<br />Tom Johnson<br />Guy Klucevsek<br />George Lewis<br />Garrett List<br />Annea Lockwood<br />Alvin Lucier<br />Meredith Monk<br />Charlie Morrow<br />Gordon Mumma<br />Phill Niblock<br />Pauline Oliveros<br />Charlemagne Palestine<br />Elaine Radigue<br />Steve Reich<br />Arthur Russell<br />Frederic Rzewski<br />Bob Telson<br />Blue Gene Tyranny<br />David Van Tieghem<br />La Monte Young<br /><br />Blondie<br />Dead Boys<br />Wayne County<br />Richard Hell (Voidoids, Heartbreakers, Television)<br />Mink DeVille<br />New York Dolls<br />Plasmatics<br />Ramones<br />Patti Smith<br />Suicide<br />Talking Heads<br />Television<br />Tuff Darts (featuring Robert Gordon)<br />Velvet Underground<br /><br />Bush Tetras<br />Glenn Branca<br />Certain General<br />James Chance (Contortions, James White and the Blacks)<br />Rhys Chatham<br />Curlew<br />Defunkt<br />DNA<br />Fred Frith (Skeleton Crew, Massacre)<br />Golden Palominos<br />Kid Creole and the Coconuts<br />Lounge Lizards<br />Mars<br />Material<br />Lizzy Mercier Descloux<br />Mofungo<br />Arthur Russell / Dinosaur L<br />Elliott Sharp<br />Sonic Youth<br />Suicide<br />Swans<br />Teenage Jesus and the Jerks / Lydia Lunch<br />V-Effect<br />Y Pants<br />Z'EV (Stefan Weisser)<br /><br />Air (Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall)<br />Rashied Ali<br />Ahmed Abdullah<br />Hamiet Bluiett<br />Arthur Blythe<br />Anthony Braxton<br />Ted Daniel<br />John Fischer<br />Julius Hemphill<br />Oliver Lake<br />Frank Lowe<br />David Murray<br />Revolutionary Ensemble (Leroy Jenkins, Sirone, Jerome Cooper)<br />Sam Rivers<br />Perry Robinson<br />Warren Smith<br />Charles Tyler<br /><br />Tim Berne<br />Polly Bradfield<br />Eugene Chadbourne<br />Anthony Coleman<br />Tom Cora<br />Marty Ehrlich<br />Bill Frisell<br />Fred Frith<br />Kip Hanrahan<br />Wayne Horvitz<br />Guy Klucevsek<br />Christian Marclay<br />Microscopic Septet<br />Lawrence "Butch" Morris<br />David Moss<br />Zeena Parkins<br />Bobby Previte<br />Ned Rothenberg<br />Elliott Sharp<br />Jim Staley<br />John Zorn<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8904887385697709609-1430316348133572408?l=downtownmusicguide.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peter Chercheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024835218405802530noreply@blogger.com3