Henry Cowell called Charles Seeger “the greatest musical explorer in intellectual fields which America has produced, the greatest experimental musicologist.” This collection of Seeger’s essays, together with Studies in Musicology, 1935-1975, constitutes a major selected edition of the work of a man who was an international figure in every sphere of music.
Both volumes contain deeply philosophical essays on subjects ranging over the entire musical spectrum. This second volume, compiled by Seeger’s biographer,…
