Boulez, music and philosophy / Edward Campbell.
Material type: TextSeries: Music in the twentieth century ; 27.Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010Description: xv, 281 p. : music ; 26 cmISBN: 9780521862424; 0521862426Subject(s): Boulez, Pierre, 1925- -- Criticism and interpretation | Music and philosophy | Music -- 20th century -- Philosophy and aestheticsDDC classification: 780.92 LOC classification: ML410.B773 | C38 2010Online resources: Cover image | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents onlyItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | University of Macedonia Library Βιβλιοστάσιο Α (Stack Room A) | Main Collection | ML410.B773C38 2010 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0013136777 |
1. Preparing the ground -- 2. Early influences and movements -- 3. Dialectic, negation and binary oppositions -- 4. Boulez, Adorno and serial critique -- 5. Deduction and the scientific model -- 6. Serialism and structuralism -- 7. Post-structuralist encounters -- 8. Boulez, difference and repetition -- 9. Expanding the virtual -- 10. Continuity and discontinuity of space and time.
"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, Lâevi-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 Drawing on a wide range of previously unpublished documentary sources and providing musical analysis of a number of key scores, the book traces the changing musical, philosophical and intellectual currents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 and index.
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