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Author Waters, Robert (Robert Francis), author.

Title The stage works of Philip Glass / Robert Waters
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (xix, 257 pages) : illustrations
Summary "The Stage Works of Philip Glass discusses Glass's stage works from 1976 up to the present day, with chapters established according to different criteria. Three introductory chapters address the validity versus invalidity of terms such as minimalism, post-minimalism, postmodernism, and neo-Romanticism, together with a brief chapter of Glass's life and works up to 1975 to serve as necessary background. The book will then examine different types of theater responsible for the mesmerizing effect Glass's stage works have had on younger generations, including Robert Wilson's Theater of Images. Glass's philosophy regarding staging, text, and other theatrical components includes a defiance of conventional narrative, visual and aural dissociation as a theatrical technique, deconstructionist concepts, as well as semantically ambiguous language within selected compositions. Multimedia works will also be addressed, including those for dance. Glass's music will be analyzed followed by the response Glass has gotten from critics as well as audience members"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 29, 2022)
Subject Glass, Philip -- Criticism and interpretation
Glass, Philip. Operas.
Glass, Philip. Music theater.
Glass, Philip. Motion picture music.
SUBJECT Glass, Philip fast
Motion picture music (Glass, Philip) fast
Subject Minimal music -- History and criticism
Opera -- 20th century
Opera -- 21st century
Music theater -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Music theater -- 21st century -- History and criticism
Motion picture music -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Motion picture music -- 21st century -- History and criticism
Minimal music
Motion picture music
Music theater
Opera
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021056610
ISBN 9781107279148
1107279143
1009302698
9781009302692