| Orientations: Collected Writings Contributor(s): Boulez, Pierre (Author), Nattiez, Jean-Jacques (Editor), Cooper, Martin (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0674643763 ISBN-13: 9780674643765 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $51.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1990 Annotation: 'Collected here in some 500 pages, is perhaps the most comprehensive and provocative statement of an aesthetic position mustered by a musician since Schoenberg.' ---New Statesmen |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Classical |
| Dewey: 780 |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 5.29" W x 8.47" (1.30 lbs) 541 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pierre Boulez is one of the most influential--and controversial--figures in the world of contemporary music. As composer, conductor, and critic, his challenging views of modern developments are lent a special authority by his high standing as an interpreter of classic composers. Orientations will enhance his reputation as a lucid expositor of the modern composer's world. When writing about composing and analysis Boulez forges a new way of thinking about music. He is immensely illuminating about his own compositions. He offers special insight on composers with whom he has been particularly associated as a conductor--including Berlioz, Debussy, Wagner, Mahler, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and Messiaen. And he writes about performance and orchestras, tackling the question of how to make new music more familiar for the concert-goer. This rich and wide-ranging volume is truly a special resource for everyone wanting to learn more about twentieth-century music. |