TV Show Details
Air Date:October 1st, 1976
Last Air Date:October 1st, 1976
Network:PBS
Status:Ended
Genres:Documentary
Original Language:English
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television (1976)
TV ShowPBS
Miniseries
StarringRobert Ashley
Plot
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.
