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The music of Louis Andriessen / Yayoi Uno Everett.
| Author/creator | Everett, Yayoi Uno |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006. |
| Description | xvi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Music in the twentieth century ; 21 Music in the twentieth century ; 21. ^A275257 |
| Contents | Dutch music in the twentieth century. Developments prior to World War II ; Developments after World War II -- Formative years. Formative years: neo-tonality and serialism ; Toward textural music, alea, and improvisation ; Collage and syncretism -- Politics and "concept" works. Collaborative opera and collage ; Embodiment of solidarity: agitated chant, "collective" unison, and minimalism ; "Concept" works: dialectical commentary on text ; Ideology, reception, and authenticity -- Toward the metaphysical in art (1981-88). Dialectics of time and velocity ; De Materie (1984-88): the genesis of a non-opera ; Metaphysics of being and becoming -- Ramifications. The "hard-edged" aesthetics of the Hague school ; The making of an American "guru": from California to New York City ; Analytic explorations: from bebop to Bach ; New music community as a heterotopian site -- Operatic collaboration with Peter Greenaway. Rosa: subverting the narrative ; Writing to Vermeer ; On the interface between music and drama -- Contemplative works. Form and expression in the Trilogy of the Last Day ; Beyond the Trilogy: exploration into madness and hell -- Epilogue. Music as commentary: parody and beyond ; Politics of reception. |
| Abstract | This book examines Louis Andriessen's compositions as a case study for exploring the social and aesthetic implications of new music. Everett chronicles the evolution of Andriessen's music over the course of five decades: the formative years in which he experimented with serialism, chance, and collage techniques; his political activism in the late 1960s; 'concept' works from the 1970s that provide musical commentary on philosophical writings by Plato, St Augustine and others; theatrical and operatic collaborations with Robert Wilson and Peter Greenaway in the 1980s and 1990s; and recent works that explore contemplative themes on death and madness. Everett's analysis of Andriessen's music draws on theories of parody, narrativity, intertextuality, and cultural studies that have gained currency in musicological discourse in recent years. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-257) and index. |
| ISBN | 9780521864237 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0521864232 (hbk.) |