Harrison Birtwistle
Man, Mind, Music
Autor*in: Cross, Jonathan
Jahr: 2014
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 320 S.
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- Inhalt:
- Love it or loathe it, few would disagree that the music of Harrison Birtwistle stands amongst the most assured, original and challenging music ever to have been produced by a British composer. While for some the uncompromisingly modernist surface of his music can be an obstacle to closer acquaintance, for others, it is Birtwistle's articulation of deep aspects of the human psyche that continues to excite and fascinate. In this book, Jonathan Cross - a leading commentator on contemporary music - aims to uncover the sources of Birtwistle's thinking, and to present a critical account of his musical, dramatic and aesthetic preoccupations through an examination of such topics as theatre, myth, ritual, pastoral, pulse and line. He offers a range of contexts within which the music can be understood so that the curious and the initiated alike may be drawn towards new and enriching experiences of the extraordinarily powerful music of Harrison Birtwistle.
- Jonathan Cross
Titelinformationen
Titel: Harrison Birtwistle
Autor*in: Cross, Jonathan
Verlag: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571317806
Kategorie: Sachmedien & Ratgeber, Musik, Komponisten & Werke
Dateigröße: 12 MB
Format: ePub
Max. Ausleihdauer: 21 Tage