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"As a composer one forgets, in time, the fine detail of composition
processes which produced past work... it must be left to scholars
to recreate, slowly and painstakingly, earlier creative processes."
Peter Maxwell Davies. In the eight essays presented here, leading
scholars of the music of Peter Maxwell Davies explore some of the
composer's creative processes. David Roberts, Peter Owens and
Richard McGregor examine Davies's employment of pitch-class sets
and other models evident in his sketch material, while Joel Lester
looks at the serial elements that produce structure and effect in
the work Ave Maris Stella. The political, literary and musical
influences evident in the 1987 opera Resurrection and in subsequent
orchestral works come under scrutiny from John Warnaby. Davies's
use of older dramatic forms and ritual is the focus of Michael
Burden's examination of his music theatre. The composer's own
descriptions of his compositional process contain distinctly
modernist overtones as Arnold Whittall suggests in the concluding
essay in the volume. The sustained textural multiplicity evident in
much of Davies's music points to this modernism. It is a
multiplicity mirrored in the variety of approaches taken by the
commentators in this volume. The differing points of view on offer
complement and contrast each other, allowing the reader to
appreciate the different levels on which Davies's music works.
Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016) was one of the leading
international composers of the post-war period as well as one of
the most productive. Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016) was one of
the leading international composers of the post-war period as well
as one of the most productive. This book provides a global view of
his music, integrating a number of resonant themes in the
composer's work while covering a representative cross-section of
his vast output - his work list encompasses nearly 550 compositions
in every established genre. Each chapter focuses on specific major
works and offers generaldiscussion of other selected works
connected to the main themes. These themes include compositional
technique and process; genre; form and architecture; tonality and
texture; allusion, quotation and musical critique; and place and
landscape. Throughout, the book contends that Davies's works are
not created in a vacuum but are intimately connected to, and are a
reflection of, 'the past'. This deep engagement occurs on a number
of levels, fluctuating and interacting with the composer's own
predominantly modernist idiom and evoking a chain of historical
resonances. Making sustained reference to Davies's own words,
articles and programme notes as well as privileged access to
primary source material from his estate, the book illuminates the
composer's practices and approaches while shaping a discourse
around his music.
"As a composer one forgets, in time, the fine detail of composition
processes which produced past work... it must be left to scholars
to recreate, slowly and painstakingly, earlier creative processes."
Peter Maxwell Davies. In the eight essays presented here, leading
scholars of the music of Peter Maxwell Davies explore some of the
composer's creative processes. David Roberts, Peter Owens and
Richard McGregor examine Davies's employment of pitch-class sets
and other models evident in his sketch material, while Joel Lester
looks at the serial elements that produce structure and effect in
the work Ave Maris Stella. The political, literary and musical
influences evident in the 1987 opera Resurrection and in subsequent
orchestral works come under scrutiny from John Warnaby. Davies's
use of older dramatic forms and ritual is the focus of Michael
Burden's examination of his music theatre. The composer's own
descriptions of his compositional process contain distinctly
modernist overtones as Arnold Whittall suggests in the concluding
essay in the volume. The sustained textural multiplicity evident in
much of Davies's music points to this modernism. It is a
multiplicity mirrored in the variety of approaches taken by the
commentators in this volume. The differing points of view on offer
complement and contrast each other, allowing the reader to
appreciate the different levels on which Davies's music works.
In this provocative and illuminating account, Richard McGregor
offers a captivating portrait of China's Communist Party, its grip
on power and control over China, and its future.
China's political and economic growth in the past three decades
has been one of astonishing, epochal dimensions. The most
remarkable part of this transformation, however, has been left
largely untold--the central role of the Chinese Communist Party. In
The Party, Richard McGregor delves deeply into China's inner
sanctum for the first time, showing how the Communist Party
controls the government, courts, media, and military and keeps all
corruption accusations against its members in-house. The Party's
decisions have a global impact, yet the CCP remains a deeply
secretive body, hostile to the law and unaccountable to anyone or
anything other than its own internal tribunals. It is the world's
only geopolitical rival of the United States, and is primed to
think the worst of the West.
Richard McGregor's The Party has been established as the book on
China and its political leadership. It is indispensable to
understanding what may soon become the most powerful country on
earth, and here is it is newly updated to include material on the
once-in-a-decade leadership changes taking place in November 2012.
Newly updated version including analysis of the once-in-a-decade
leadership changes taking place in November 2012 China's Communist
Party is the largest, most powerful political machine in the world.
Here, Richard McGregor delves deeply into its inner sanctum,
revealing how this secretive cabal keeps control of every aspect of
the country - its military and media, legal system and businesses,
even its religious organizations. How has the Party merged Marx,
Mao and the market to create a global superpower? And what does
this mean for the world? 'Extraordinary', Sunday Times 'Masterful
... entertaining and insightful', Economist 'Superb ... an
essential, riveting guide to how the rising power really works',
Jonathan Fenby 'If you read only one book about China this year, it
should be this one. And if you do not read this book, you probably
do not understand China today', Arthur Kroeber, China Economic
Quarterly 'A compelling exploration of the world's largest and most
successful political machine', New Statesman 'A book that is as
informative as it is entertaining ... China has been transformed.
The system that takes the credit is brilliantly described by
McGregor', Chris Patten, Financial Times Having joined the
Financial Timesin 2000 in Shanghai and being appointed China bureau
chief in 2005, Richard McGregor is now Washington Bureau Chief for
the FT. McGregor has won numerous awards throughout his nearly two
decades of reporting from north Asia, including a 2010 Society of
Publishers in Asia Editorial Excellence Award for his coverage on
the Xinjiang Riots and 2008 SOPA Awards for Editorial Intelligence.
He has spent twenty years in north Asia, starting in Taiwan, and
then in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Beijing, where he established offices
for The Australian newspaper. He has also contributed articles and
reports to the BBC, the International Herald Tribune and the Far
Eastern Economic Review.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
'Stunningly good' Michael Burleigh, Evening Standard, Books of the
Year 2017 A Financial Times Best Book of 2017 'A shrewd and knowing
book.' Robert D. Kaplan, The Wall Street Journal 'A compelling and
impressive read.' The Economist 'Skillfully crafted and
well-argued.' Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Financial Times 'An excellent
modern history. . . . provides the context needed to make sense of
the region's present and future.' Joyce Lau, South China Morning
Post The dramatic story of the relationship between the world's
three largest economies, one that is shaping the future of us all,
by one of the foremost experts on east Asia For more than half a
century, American power in the Pacific has successfully kept the
peace. But it has also cemented the tensions in the toxic rivalry
between China and Japan, consumed with endless history wars and
entrenched political dynasties. Now, the combination of these
forces with Donald Trump's unpredictable impulses and disdain for
America's old alliances threatens to upend the region, and
accelerate the unravelling of the postwar order. If the United
States helped lay the postwar foundations for modern Asia, now the
anchor of the global economy, Asia's Reckoning will reveal how that
structure is now crumbling. With unrivalled access to archives in
the US and Asia, as well as many of the major players in all three
countries, Richard McGregor has written a tale which blends the
tectonic shifts in diplomacy with the domestic political trends and
personalities driving them. It is a story not only of an
overstretched America, but also of the rise and fall and rise of
the great powers of Asia. The confrontational course on which China
and Japan have increasingly set themselves is no simple spat
between neighbors. And the fallout would be a political and
economic tsunami, affecting manufacturing centers, trade routes,
and political capitals on every continent.
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