Boulez, music and philosophy

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Title
"Boulez, music and philosophy"
Statement of Responsibility
Edward Campbell
Publisher
  • Cambridge University Press
Publication Year
  • 2010
Book size
26 cm
Series Name / No
  • : hardback

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Notes

Summary: "While acknowledging that Pierre Boulez is not a philosopher, and that he is wary of the potential misuse of philosophy with regard to music, this study investigates a series of philosophically charged terms and concepts which he uses in discussion of his music. Campbell examines significant encounters which link Boulez to the work of a number of important philosophers and thinkers, including Adorno, Lévi-Strauss, Eco and Deleuze. Relating Boulez's music and ideas to broader currents of thought, the book illuminates a number of affinities linking music and philosophy, and also literature and visual art. These connections facilitate enhanced understanding of post-war modernist music and Boulez's distinctive approach to composition. Drawing on a wide range of previously unpublished documentary sources and providing musical analysis of a number of key scores, the book traces the changing musical, philosophical and intellectual currents which inform Boulez's work"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-273) and index

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