Benjamin R Levy

Metamorphosis in Music

The Compositions of György Ligeti in the 1950s and 1960s

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Produktbeschreibung

Metamorphosis in Music examines the evolution of compositional technique in Ligeti's works of the 1950s and 1960s. Through careful analysis of sketches, drafts, and finished scores, it reveals complex influences on the composer's creative process as he moved from the folk-inspired world of Bartók to the forefront of the avant-garde.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9780199381999
• ISBN-10: 0199381992
• Artikelnr.: 48573696

Autorenporträt

Benjamin R. Levy is an Associate Professor of Music Theory at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He specializes in twentieth-century and contemporary music and has published on composers including Ligeti, Xenakis, and Feldman. He received the Society for Music Theory's Emerging Scholar Award in 2011.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Discontent and Early Experiments (1950-56)
Chapter 2: Electronic Works (1957-58)
Chapter 3: Apparitions and Atmosphères (1958-61)
Chapter 4: Fluxus and the Absurd (1961-62)
Chapter 5: Synthesis of Technique (1962-67)
Chapter 6: Compositional Flourishing (1967-70)
Conclusion: Form and Expression at the turn of the 1970s
Bibliography
Index