VOL.68 NO.268 - APRIL 2014

ISSN 0040-2982

A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF NEW MUSIC

EDITORIAL: THE USELESS PRECAUTION

VARISPEED'S ADAPTATION OF ROBERT ASHLEY'S PERFECT LIVES GELSEY BELL

SOUND, MEANING AND MUSIC-DRAMA IN LACHENMANN'S DAS MÄDCHEN MIT DEN SCHWEFELHÖLZERN LAURENCE OSBORN

ON HORATIU RADULESCU'S FIFTH STRING QUARTET WILLIAM DOUGHERTY

SYMMETRY IN THE MUSIC OF JOHN ADAMS ALEXANDER SANCHEZ-BEHAR

NOTATION AS LIBERATION RICHARD BARRETT

NEW MUSIC NEEDS MORE THAN A GET-WELL CARD FRANK DENYER

REVIEWS: FIRST PERFORMANCES, CDs & DVDs, AND BOOKS PROFILE: CHRISTIAN WOLFF

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