March 23 - 1944 Michael Nyman; 1955 - Gerry Hemingway
Michael Nyman 1944 Stratford, London, UK
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Nyman
This takes us back to the very first New Music America, the 1979 New Music New York festival, where Nyman participated both as a performer and at panel discussions that were as important as the concerts back then.
On June 9, 1979, Nyman co-hosted a panel discussion with Tom Johnson entitled “The History and Aesthetics of Experimental Music” and there were apparently two sessions. Nyman, of course, had published his seminal book in 1975 named Experimental Music.
Cambridge University Press provided a web pdf, but of the preface only:
https://assets.cambridge.org/97805216/53831/frontmatter/9780521653831_frontmatter.pdf
And I presume for a limited time you can peruse this full downloadable…