Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television
TV series
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television
1976, English, on PBS.
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-hour sections. Each episode is dedicated to investigations, interviews, and performances of one of his peers – David Behrman, Philip Glass, Alvin Lucier, Gordon Mumma, Pauline Oliveros, and Terry Riley, respectively, with the final reserved for himself.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 7
- Episode length
- 120 min
- Status
- Ended in 1976
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S1 E7: Robert Ashley
Aired 12 November 1976
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
Details
- First aired
- 1 October 1976
- Last aired
- 12 November 1976
- Network
- PBS
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Type
- Miniseries
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Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television has 1 season and 7 episodes, about 120 minutes each.
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