A New Everlasting Feeling

Mark Morris and the American Avant-Garde: From Ultra-Modernism to Postmodernism

“…81 It is clear that all three composers were led toward open-ended forms through their interest in both ancient and non-Western music. Nicholls feels that this combination of retrospection and extraspection formed a large part of their ultra-modernism.…”

“…Mellers writes of "the causes Harrison's music espouses-peace, the rights of all creatures and forms of Nature to respectful coexistence, the need simultaneously to foster life and to accept death." 122 Miller and Lieberman cite a review of Strict Songs which suggests that Harrison's "daring is the gift to be simple," with "a carpet of sounds that is serenely active" and "a mood of quiet rejoicing." 123 The in canon, to end standing downstage right.…”