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Author : David Nicholls
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521789680
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Author : Martin Iddon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107310889
John Cage is best known for his indeterminate music, which leaves a significant level of creative decision-making in the hands of the performer. But how much licence did Cage allow? Martin Iddon's book is the first volume to collect the complete extant correspondence between the composer and pianist David Tudor, one of Cage's most provocative and significant musical collaborators. The book presents their partnership from working together in New York in the early 1950s, through periods on tour in Europe, until the late stages of their work from the 1960s onwards, carried out almost exclusively within the frame of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Tackling the question of how much creative flexibility Tudor was granted, Iddon includes detailed examples of the ways in which Tudor realised Cage's work, especially focusing on Music of Changes to Variations II, to show how composer and pianist influenced one another's methods and styles.
Author : Rob Haskins
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781861899439
American writer, composer, artist, and philosopher John Cage (1912–92) is best known for his experimental composition 4’33,” a musical score in which the performer does not play an instrument during the duration of the piece. The purpose, Cage said, was for the audience to listen to the sounds of the environment around them while the piece was performed. Groundbreaking pieces such as 4’33”, as well as Sonatas and Interludes not only established Cage as a leading figure in the postwar avant-garde movement, but also cemented the enduring controversy surrounding his work. In this new biography, Rob Haskins explores Cage’s radical approach to art and aesthetics and his belief that everyday life and art are one and the same. Scrutinizing Cage’s emphasis on chance over intention, which rejected traditional artistic methods and caused an uproar among his peers, Haskins elucidates the ideas that lay behind these pillars of Cage’s work. Haskins also demystifies the influence of Eastern cultures, particularly Zen Buddhism, on Cage, including his use of the Chinese text I Ching as his standard composition tool in all his work after 1951. Adding to our understanding of the art, music, and ideas of the twentieth century, this book provides an engaging look at a man who continues to challenge and inspire artists worldwide.
Author : John Williamson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004-07-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521008786
This Companion provides an overview of the composer Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Sixteen chapters by leading scholars investigate aspects of his life and works and consider the manner in which critical appreciation has changed in the twentieth century. The first section deals with Bruckner's Austrian background, investigating the historical circumstances in which he worked, his upbringing in Upper Austria, and his career in Vienna. A number of misunderstandings are dealt with in the light of recent research. The remainder of the book covers Bruckner's career as church musician and symphonist, with a chapter on the neglected secular vocal music. Religious, aesthetic, formal, harmonic, and instrumental aspects are considered, while one chapter confronts the problem of the editions of the symphonies. Two concluding chapters discuss the symphonies in performance, and the history of Bruckner-reception with particular reference to German Nationalism, the Third Reich and the appropriation of Bruckner by the Nazis.
Author : Sara Haefeli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317399544
This annotated bibliography uncovers the wealth of resources available on the life and music of John Cage, one of the most influential and fascinating composers of the twentieth-century. The guide will focus on documentary studies, archival resources, scholarly research, and autobiographical materials, and place the composer and his work in a larger context of postmodern philosophy, art and theater movements, and contemporary politics. It will support emerging scholarship and inquiry for future research on Cage, with carefully selected sources and useful annotations.
Author : Martin Iddon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781108492522
An authoritative guide to the multi-faceted compositional approach that underpinned twentieth-century art music from Schoenberg to Babbitt and beyond.
Author : Russell Hartenberger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781316546215
Percussion music is both the oldest and most recent of musical genres and exists in diverse forms throughout the world. This Companion explores percussion and rhythm from the perspectives of performers, composers, conductors, instrument builders, scholars, and cognitive scientists. Topics covered include percussion in symphony orchestras from the nineteenth century to today and the development of percussion instruments in chapters on the marimba revolution, the percussion industry, drum machines, and the effect of acoustics. Chapters also investigate drum set playing and the influences of world music on Western percussion, and outline the roles of percussionists as composers, conductors, soloists, chamber musicians, and theatrical performers. Developments in scientific research are explored in chapters on the perception of sound and the evolution of musical rhythm. This book will be a valuable resource for students, percussionists, and all those who want a deeper understanding of percussion music and rhythm.
Author : Martin Iddon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781108480062
The last - and largest - of Cage's most important formative exchanges of letters, discussing music criticism and questions of aesthetics.
Author : Nicholas Thistlethwaite,Geoffrey Webber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1999-03-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107494039
This Companion is an essential guide to all aspects of the organ and its music. It examines in turn the instrument, the player and the repertoire. The early chapters tell of the instrument's history and construction, identify the scientific basis of its sounds and the development of its pitch and tuning, examine the history of the organ case, and consider the current trends and conflicts within the world of organ building. Central chapters investigate the practical art of learning and playing the organ, introduce the complex area of performance practice, and outline the relationship between organ playing and the liturgy of the church. The final section explores the vast repertoire of organ music, focusing on a selection of the most important traditions.
Author : Caryl Leslie Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005-11-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521833477
An introduction to the musical work and cultural world of Joseph Haydn.
Author : Peter Mercer-Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521533422
This book surveys the life, work, and posthumous reception of nineteenth-century German-Jewish composer Felix Mendelssohn.
Author : Robin Stowell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003-11-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521000424
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Author : Joshua S. Walden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107023451
A global history of Jewish music from the biblical era to the present day, with chapters by leading international scholars.
Author : John Whenham,Richard Wistreich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 1139828223
Claudio Monteverdi is one of the most important figures of 'early' music, a composer whose music speaks powerfully and directly to modern audiences. This book, first published in 2007, provides an authoritative treatment of Monteverdi and his music, complementing Paolo Fabbri's standard biography of the composer. Written by leading specialists in the field, it is aimed at students, performers and music-lovers in general and adds significantly to our understanding of Monteverdi's music, his life, and the contexts in which he worked. Chapters offering overviews of his output of sacred, secular and dramatic music are complemented by 'intermedi', in which contributors examine individual works, or sections of works in detail. The book draws extensively on Monteverdi's letters and includes a select discography/videography and a complete list of Monteverdi's works together with an index of first lines and titles.
Author : John Butt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1997-06-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521587808
The Cambridge Companion to Bach, first published in 1997, goes beyond a basic life-and-works study to provide a late twentieth-century perspective on J. S. Bach the man and composer. The book is divided into three parts. Part One is concerned with the historical context, the society, beliefs and the world-view of Bach's age. The second part discusses the music and Bach's compositional style, while Part Three considers Bach's influence and the performance and reception of his music through the succeeding generations. This Companion benefits from the insights and research of some of the most distinguished Bach scholars, and from it the reader will gain a notion of the diversity of current thought on this great composer.