Boulez, Music and Philosophy

di Edward Campbell (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2014

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, Levi-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 Drawing on a wide range of previously unpublished documentary sources and providing musical analysis of a number of key scores, the book traces the changing musical, philosophical and intellectual currents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.

• Autore: Edward Campbell
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Music in the Twentieth Century
• Anno: 2014
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 298 p.
• Dimensioni: 244 x 170 mm
• Peso: 480 gr.
• EAN: 9781107687233

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