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Henri Dutilleux - His Life and Works (Paperback)
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Henri Dutilleux - His Life and Works (Paperback)
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Henri Dutilleux (born 1916) is one of France's leading composers,
though until recently his music received more attention in the
United States than in Europe. A fiercely independent composer who
pursues his own musical path regardless of fashion, he has never
courted the public eye, yet in this book he is revealed as a
composer very much engaged with the work of other artists from all
spheres. Caroline Potter's fascinating survey examines the relation
of some of these artists to Dutilleux's music. In literature, the
notions of memory and time found in the writings of Baudelaire and
Proust have had profound effects on his compositional development,
whilst the visual arts have informed his aesthetic ideas and their
expression in both his music and even in his meticulously produced
scores. Always a perfectionist, Dutilleux now rejects those earlier
works which are not representative of his mature style. By
analysing these early pieces, Dr Potter traces the evolution of his
musical style, and she investigates his compositional process and
use of particular referential devices in later works. Whilst his
music is unequivocally of our time, Dutilleux has never lost the
ability to communicate with a wide-ranging audience. Drawing on
interviews with the composer, this study provides penetrating
insights into this complex composer's musical world.
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