The music of Louis Andriessen / Yayoi Uno Everett.

By:

Everett, Yayoi Uno

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780511482007
0511482000
0511349785
9780511349782
1281085855
9781281085856
9786611085858
6611085858
0511347936
9780511347931
1139132032
9781139132039
0511350686
9780511350689
1107169364
9781107169364

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Music of Louis Andriessen.DDC classification:

780.92 22

LOC classification:

ML410.A6326 E94 2006eb

Other classification:

24.50

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Contents:

1. Dutch music in the twentieth century -- 2. Formative years -- 3. Politics and "concept" works -- 4. Toward the metaphysical in art (1981-88) -- 5. Ramifications -- 6. Operatic collaboration with Peter Greenaway -- 7. Contemplative works -- 8. Epilogue.

Summary: For much of his career, the internationally known, and still active Dutch composer Louis Andriessen has been understood as an iconoclast who challenged and resisted the musical establishment. This book explores his compositions as a case study for exploring the social and aesthetic implications of new music. Everett chronicles the evolution of Andriessen's music over the course of five decades: the formative years in which he experimented with serialism and collage techniques; his political activism in the late 1960s; 'concept' works from the 1970s that provide musical commentary on philosophical writings by Plato, St Augustine and others; theatrical and operatic collaborations with Robert Wilson and Peter Greenaway in the 1980s and 1990s; and recent works that explore contemplative themes on death and madness. Everett's analysis of Andriessen's music draws on theories of parody, narrativity, and intertextuality that have gained currency in musicological discourse in recent years.--Publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and index.

For much of his career, the internationally known, and still active Dutch composer Louis Andriessen has been understood as an iconoclast who challenged and resisted the musical establishment. This book explores his compositions as a case study for exploring the social and aesthetic implications of new music. Everett chronicles the evolution of Andriessen's music over the course of five decades: the formative years in which he experimented with serialism and collage techniques; his political activism in the late 1960s; 'concept' works from the 1970s that provide musical commentary on philosophical writings by Plato, St Augustine and others; theatrical and operatic collaborations with Robert Wilson and Peter Greenaway in the 1980s and 1990s; and recent works that explore contemplative themes on death and madness. Everett's analysis of Andriessen's music draws on theories of parody, narrativity, and intertextuality that have gained currency in musicological discourse in recent years.--Publisher description.