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Cambridge Composer Studies: Pierre Boulez Studies
Edited By Edward Cam
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Description for Cambridge Composer Studies: Pierre Boulez Studies
hardcover. This collection explores the works, influence, reception and legacy of one of the most important composers in contemporary musical life. Editor(s): Campbell, Edward; O'Hagan, Peter. Series: Cambridge Composer Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, 9 b/w illus. 23 tables 103 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 253 x 26. Weight in Grams: 986.
Pierre Boulez is acknowledged as one of the most important composers in contemporary musical life. This collection explores his works, influence, reception and legacy, shedding new light on Boulez's music and its historical and cultural contexts. In two sections that focus firstly on the context of the 1940s and 1950s, and secondly on the development of the composer's style, the contributors address recurring themes such as Boulez's approach to the serial principle and the related issues of form and large-scale structure. Featuring excerpts from Boulez's correspondence with a range of his contemporaries here published for the first time, the book ... Read more
Pierre Boulez is acknowledged as one of the most important composers in contemporary musical life. This collection explores his works, influence, reception and legacy, shedding new light on Boulez's music and its historical and cultural contexts. In two sections that focus firstly on the context of the 1940s and 1950s, and secondly on the development of the composer's style, the contributors address recurring themes such as Boulez's approach to the serial principle and the related issues of form and large-scale structure. Featuring excerpts from Boulez's correspondence with a range of his contemporaries here published for the first time, the book ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Cambridge Composer Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107062658
SKU
V9781107062658
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About Edited By Edward Cam
Edward Campbell is senior lecturer in music at the University of Aberdeen and a member of the University's Centre for Modern Thought. He specialises in contemporary European art music and aesthetics. He is the author of the books Boulez, Music and Philosophy (Cambridge, 2010) and Music after Deleuze (2013). Peter O'Hagan is a pianist specialising in the performance of contemporary ... Read more
Reviews for Cambridge Composer Studies: Pierre Boulez Studies
'By bringing together a substantial amount of recent scholarship in a highly accessible format, this collection of essays should open up numerous avenues for exploration and have a significant impact on future research in this area. ... The availability of groundbreaking scholarship that had previously only been published in other languages to the general English-speaking public will hopefully have an ... Read more