Fredric Lieberman
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Fredric Lieberman is an American ethnomusicologist, composer, music professor, and author. He is a music professor and scholar at the University of California at Santa Cruz, where he is involved in the University’s Ph.D. Music program, and where, notably, he teaches and studies the Grateful Dead. He is perhaps best known for his role as the key contact between the University of California at Santa Cruz and The Grateful Dead, in finding a home for the band's archives at the University's McHenry Library
and for his collaboration with Grateful Dead
drummer Mickey Hart
on three of Hart's books: Planet Drum
, Drumming at the Edge of Magic, and Spirit Into Sound. He is a composer of music and has published several of his compositions. He has co-authored a biographical study of composer Lou Harrison
and authored numerous other publications. Much of his publishing work has been dedicated to the examination of complex aspects of musical theory and the exploration of American, Asian, Javanese, and Balinese music, with a focus on traditional cultural music pathways and instruments. He is also an avid collector of traditional musical instruments from around the world.
He co-wrote three books with Mickey Hart. One of these, Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm, also co-written by D.A. Sonneborn, examines rhythm's role in cultural traditions and considers the primal percussion experience of the “Big Bang.”.
He also co-wrote with Leta E. Miller, Lou Harrison (2006); a study of the life and career of Lou Harrison
(1917-2003), and he also wrote Chinese music: An annotated bibliography (1979).
McHenry Library
The McHenry Library is the arts, humanities, and social sciences library of the University of California, Santa Cruz. It was named after the founding chancellor of the university, Dean E. McHenry...
and for his collaboration with Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
drummer Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart is an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971, and from October 1974 to August 1995...
on three of Hart's books: Planet Drum
Planet Drum
Planet Drum is a world music album by Mickey Hart, a musician and musicologist who was a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead.Hart's concept for Planet Drum was to play drum music with percussionists from around the world, and incorporate their different musical styles and traditions into a...
, Drumming at the Edge of Magic, and Spirit Into Sound. He is a composer of music and has published several of his compositions. He has co-authored a biographical study of composer Lou Harrison
Lou Harrison
Lou Silver Harrison was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and K. P. H. Notoprojo Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 – February 2, 2003) was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and K. P. H. Notoprojo Lou Silver Harrison...
and authored numerous other publications. Much of his publishing work has been dedicated to the examination of complex aspects of musical theory and the exploration of American, Asian, Javanese, and Balinese music, with a focus on traditional cultural music pathways and instruments. He is also an avid collector of traditional musical instruments from around the world.
History
Fredric Lieberman teaches the UC Santa Cruz PhD music program course, “Music of the Grateful Dead,” which is a contextual study of the band's sociology and history from 1960s forward that frequently includes members of the band as guest lecturers.He co-wrote three books with Mickey Hart. One of these, Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm, also co-written by D.A. Sonneborn, examines rhythm's role in cultural traditions and considers the primal percussion experience of the “Big Bang.”.
He also co-wrote with Leta E. Miller, Lou Harrison (2006); a study of the life and career of Lou Harrison
Lou Harrison
Lou Silver Harrison was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and K. P. H. Notoprojo Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 – February 2, 2003) was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and K. P. H. Notoprojo Lou Silver Harrison...
(1917-2003), and he also wrote Chinese music: An annotated bibliography (1979).
Publications
- Hart, Mickey; Lieberman, Fredric. Spirit into Sound: The Magic of Music. (August 30th, 2006). Grateful Dead Productions. ISBN 1888358238 (ISBN13: 9781888358230).
- Hart, Mickey; Sonneborn, D.A.; Lieberman, Fredric. (1991, August 1998). Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm. Grateful Dead Productions. ISBN 1888358203 (ISBN13: 9781888358209).
- Hart, Mickey; Stevens, Jay; Lieberman, Fredric. Drumming at the Edge of Magic: A Journey into the Spirit of Percussion. (1990, December 28, 1998). Grateful Dead Productions. ISBN 1888358181 (ISBN13: 9781888358186).
- Hart, Mickey; Stevens, Jay; Lieberman, Fredric. Die magische Trommel. Eine Reise zu den Quellen des Rhythmus . (1991, 1993). Goldmann Wilhelm GmbH. ISBN 3442121566 (ISBN13: 9783442121564).
- Lieberman, Fredric. Chinese music: An annotated bibliography (Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 75). (January 1, 1979). Garland Pub. ISBN 0824099222 (ISBN13: 9780824099220).
- Lieberman, Fredric and Miller, Leta E. . Lou Harrison. (June 5, 2006). University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0252031202 (ISBN13: 9780252031205).
- Miller, Leta E.; Lieberman, Fredric. (1998). Composing a world: Lou Harrison, musical wayfarer. University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0252071883, (ISBN13: 9780252071881)