Peter Edwards

György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre

Postmodernism, Musico-Dramatic Form and the Grotesque

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

As the first book in English solely dedicated to discussion of György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre (1974-77, revised 1996), this study offers new perspectives on the opera's ambiguous music-dramatic identity in the context of musical postmodernism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 266g
• ISBN-13: 9780367229498
• ISBN-10: 0367229498
• Artikelnr.: 56923711

Autorenporträt

Peter Edwards is a post-doctoral research fellow in musicology at the University of Oslo. He leads a research project entitled 'Style and Modernity', funded by the Research Council of Norway. In 2012 Peter successfully defended his PhD thesis on György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre; a critical examination of Ligeti's creative process, the sketches for the opera, and the significance of the opera in the wider context of modern and postmodern aesthetics. He has also worked as a guitarist and composer and has received numerous commissions from leading ensembles and performers. Peter is a member of the editorial board of the Norwegian Journal of Musicology.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: List of Plates List of Tables List of Musical Examples Preface
and Acknowledgements Introduction 1 An Anti-Anti-Opera 2 A Conception of
Musico-Dramatic Form 3 Arias, 'Leit-Characteristics' and Expressive States
4 Allusion and Transformation 5 Stylistic Dissonance and the Collage 6
Resisting Closure: The Passacaglia Finale 7 From Electronic Music to Music
Theatre 8 A Musical Grotesque Select Bibliography Index