Xenakis: His Life in MusicXenakis: His Life in Music is a full-length study of the influential contemporary composer Iannis Xenakis. Following the trajectory of Xenakisâe(tm)s compositional development, James Harley, who studied with Xenakis, presents the works together with clear explanations of the technical and conceptual innovations that shaped them. Harley examines the relationship between the composer and two early influences: Messiaen and Le Corbusier. Particular attention is paid to analyzing works which were vital to the composerâe(tm)s creative development, from early, unpublished works to the breakthrough pieces Metastasis and Pithoprakta, through the oft-discussed decade of formalization and the evolving styles of the succeeding three decades. |
Contents
The Outsider | 1 |
From the Personal to the Individual | 3 |
From Architecture to Algorithm | 9 |
The Voice the Stage and a New Conception of Time | 31 |
Arborescences Random Walks and Cosmic Conceptions | 71 |
Sieves Ensembles and Thoughts of Death | 119 |
Melody Harmonic Color and Nonlinear Form | 151 |
The Late Works Abstraction and Intensity | 207 |
Epilogue | 253 |
Notes | 255 |
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References to this book
Essays on the Intersection of Music and Architecture Mikesch W. Muecke,Miriam S. Zach Limited preview - 2007 |