Description |
xi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Preface Introduction - Gentility and apocalypse / Elliott Carter - A very magical thing / Ellen Taaffe Zwilich - Creating the spirit / Pierre Boulez - Meale in Mullumbimby / Richard Meale - As simple as that / Peter Sculthorpe - Just a composer / Kaija Saariaho' - The reticene of intuition / Sir Harrison Birtwistle - Opening and closing doors / Steve Reich - The silences / David Lumsdaine - Marx and Janet Jackson / Louis Andriessen - Maybe I'm completely crackers ... / John Tavener - Silencing the bronchitics / Ross Edwards - The unlevel playing-field / Moya Henderson - Seeing both sides / Judith Weir - A man without imagination / Franco Donatoni - The hand of fate / Sofia Gubaidulina - A composer like the Brahms / Alexander Goehr - Constellations / Karlheinz Stockhausen - Socratic faxes / Brian Ferneyhough - No beginning and no end ... / Liza Lim - Flying alone / Nigel Butterley - Illegal harmony / John Cage - Forbidden colours / Gerard Brophy - Jerry Lee Lewis plays Mozart / Michael Nyman - The fast lane / Barry Conyngham - Nobody does exactly what I do / Richard Rodney Bennett - Making an impact / Roger Smalley - Hanky-panky in Tooting Bec / Poul Ruders - Dropping out / Martin Wesley-Smith - Pastel pumps / Sir Michael Tippett Glossary of musical terms |
Summary |
Summary: Interviews with 30 composers from Australia, Great Britain and the United States about what they compose and their views on 20th century music |
Notes |
Includes index |
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English |
Subject |
Composers -- Interviews.
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Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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ISBN |
0868066311 |
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1863734430 (paperback: Allen & Unwin) |
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