Official poster of Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
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Movie • 1974

Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley

Documentary Music
840 min

Synopsis

In 1975 the composer Robert Ashley embarked on an ambitious work titled Music With Roots in the Aether. He called it an Opera (or piece of theater depending on the case) for television. The work is comprised of seven, two hours sections. Each ā€œepisodeā€ is dedicated to investigations, interviews, and performances of his one of his peers – David Behrman, Philip Glass, Alvin Lucier, Gordon Mumma, Pauline Oliveros, and Terry Riley respectively, with the final reserved for himself.

Release date 1974-06-07
Original language EN
Status Released
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