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Messiaen in context
Title
Messiaen in context / edited by Robert Sholl.
ISBN
9781108768290 (ebook)
9781108487917 (hardback)
9781108738231 (paperback)
Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xx, 348 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Summary
Exploring the many dimensions of Messiaen's life, thought and music, this book provides fresh perspectives on the contexts within which the composer worked, the intellectual currents that influenced him, and the influence he himself exerted on twentieth-century music. It enables a holistic understanding of this 'mondial' French composer in relation to the wider world, including his engagement with and refiguration of theology through music, the performance and reception of his work, the ways in which his aesthetics and conceptual universe have been understood by his students, and how his legacy continues to evolve. Reappraising known facts and adding new interpretations from a variety of inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary viewpoints, Messiaen in Context provides a fresh understanding and engagement with one of the most significant musicians of the twentieth century.
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Cambridge core frontlist 2023.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 14, 2024
Series
Composers in context
Contents
I. Mondial Messiaen. Introduction. The Image of Messiaen / Robert Sholl ; Messiaen's Family / Nigel Simeone ; Yvonne Loriod / Matthew Schellhorn ; Messiaen and the Paris Conservatoire / Christopher Brent-Murray ; Messiaen and Classical India and Greece / Peter Asimov ; Messiaen and the USA / Nigel Simeone ; Messiaen and the idea of Japan / Peter Burt ; Messiaen and China / Wei-Ling Cheong ; Messiaen and Australia : the composer as Lyrebird / Charles Bodmin-Rae
II. Messiaen and Theology. Messiaen and Tournemire / Jenifer Donelson ; Ressourcement Theology in the Interwar Works of Olivier Messiaen / Elizabeth McLain ; Revitalising the Spiritual : Messiaen and La Jeune France / Caroline Rae ; Theology and Aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas in the Compositions of Olivier Messiaen / Siglind Bruhn ; Messiaen's Musical Language of Religious Symbolism / Siglind Bruhn ; The Composition of Glory : Olivier Messiaen and Hans Urs von Balthasar / Jennifer Newsome Martin ; Messiaen and the Franciscan Spirit / Robert Fallon
III. Composers, Performers and Critics. Before Le Cas : Messiaen in the Musical Press / Stephen Broad ; Messiaen and Borrowing / Christopher Brent-Murray, Yves Balmer and Thomas Lacote ; Messiaen and Criticism / Arnold Whittall ; Messiaen as Organist of la Trinite / Andrew Shenton ; Messiaen and The Organ Recordings / Andrew Shenton ; 'Un sens artistique tres developpe' : Messiaen's cahiers as performance aid / Roderick Chadwick ; Pianism and Virtuosity in Messiaen's Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus / Caroline Rae ; Messiaen as orchestrator / Christopher Dingle
IV. Concepts and Legacy. The Simplicity of Messiaen / Jacques Amblard (trans. Robert Sholl) ; Messiaen and Synaesthesia / Duncan Carmichael ; The Opposite of Time : What Birds Meant for Messiaen / David Rothenburg ; Messiaen and Surrealism / Robert Sholl ; An Explosive Confrontation : Messiaen and the Post-War Avant-Garde / Amy Bauer ; Messiaen and Jacques Charpentier / Robert Sholl ; Messiaen and Boulez / Arnold Whittall ; Messiaen and Spectralism / Marilyn Nonken.
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