Wergo (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. WERGO is a German record label focusing on contemporary classical music. It was founded in 1962 by the art historian Werner Goldschmidt and the musicologist Helmut Kirchmayer and is currently based in Mainz, Germany. A great number of contemporary composers have been recorded by the label. These include Louis Andriessen, George Antheil, B la Bart k, Pierre Boulez, John Cage, Elliott Carter, George Crumb, Morton Feldman, Mauricio Kagel, Gy rgy Ligeti, Meredith Monk, Conlon Nancarrow, Luigi Nono, Harry Partch, Steve Reich, Wolfgang Rihm, Terry Riley, Kaija Saariaho, Giacinto Scelsi, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Walter Zimmermann.