György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre: Postmodernism, Musico-Dramatic Form and the Grotesque
György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre (1974-77, revised 1996) has consolidated its position as one of the major operatic works of the twentieth century. Few operas composed since the 1970s have received such numerous productions, bringing the eclectic score to a global audience. Famously dubbed by Ligeti as an 'anti-anti-opera', the piece is a highly ambiguous, apocalyptic fable about the human condition, fear of death and the final judgement. As the first book in English solely dedicated to discussion of this work, György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre: Postmodernism, Musico-Dramatic Form and the Grotesque offers new perspectives on the opera's musico…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-315-53128-1
- EAN: 9781315531281
- Produktnummer: 20564124
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 166 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'547 KB
- Abbildungen: 11 farbige Fotos, 26 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 1 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Peter Edwards is a post-doctoral research fellow in musicology at the University of Oslo. He leads a research project entitled 'Style and Modernity', funded by the Research Council of Norway. In 2012 Peter successfully defended his PhD thesis on György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre; a critical examination of Ligeti's creative process, the sketches for the opera, and the significance of the opera in the wider context of modern and postmodern aesthetics. He has also worked as a guitarist and composer and has received numerous commissions from leading ensembles and performers. Peter is a member of the editorial board of the Norwegian Journal of Musicology.
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