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The Music of Harrison Birtwistle - Music in the Twentieth Century, 12 (Book, New ed) Loot Price: R1,287
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The Music of Harrison Birtwistle - Music in the Twentieth Century, 12 (Book, New ed): Robert Adlington

The Music of Harrison Birtwistle - Music in the Twentieth Century, 12 (Book, New ed)

Robert Adlington

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Harrison Birtwistle has become the most eminent and acclaimed of contemporary British composers. This book provides a comprehensive view of his large and varied output. It contains descriptions of every published work, and also of a number of withdrawn and unpublished pieces. Revealing light is often cast on the more familiar pieces by considering these lesser-known areas of Birtwistle's oeuvre. The book is structured around a number of broad themes - themes of significance to Birtwistle, but also to much other music. These include theatre, song, time and texture. This approach emphasizes the music's multifarious ways of meaning; now that even the academic world no longer takes the merits of 'difficult' contemporary music for granted, it is all the more important to assess what it represents beyond mere technical innovation. Adlington thus avoids in-depth technical analysis, focusing instead upon the music's wider cultural significance.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: November 2006
First published: 2000
Authors: Robert Adlington
Dimensions: 244 x 170 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Book
Pages: 260
Edition: New ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-02780-9
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
Books > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
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LSN: 0-521-02780-2
Barcode: 9780521027809

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