Orientations / collected writings by Pierre Boulez ; edited by Jean-Jacques Nattiez ; translated by Martin Cooper.
| Author/creator | Boulez, Pierre |
| Other author | Nattiez, Jean-Jacques, 1945- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1986. |
| Description | 541 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Aesthetics and the fetishists -- Taste: the spectacles worn by reason? -- Putting the phantoms to flight -- Time, notation and coding -- Form -- Towards a conclusion -- Periform -- The composer as critic -- Demythologizing the conductor -- On musical analysis -- The teacher's task -- The system exposed -- Sonate, que me veux-tu -- Constructing and improvisation -- Pli selon pli -- Sound, word, synthesis -- Poetry -- Centre and absence -- Music -- An interview with Dominique Jameux -- Beethoven: tell me -- Berlioz and the realm of the imaginary -- Berlioz: symphonie fantastique and Lelio -- Richard Wagner: the man and the works -- Cosima Wagner's diary: R is working -- Parsifal: the first encounter -- Wieland Wagner: here space becomes time -- Approaches to Parsifal -- The ring -- Gustav Mahler: why biography? -- Mahler: our contemporary -- Mahler: das klagende lied -- Reflections on Pelleas et Melisande -- Debussy: orchestral works -- Satie: chien flasque -- Schoenberg the unloved? -- Speaking, playing, singing -- Kandinsky and Schoenberg -- Bartok: music for strings, percussion and celesta -- Stravinsky: style or idea? -- In praise of amnesia -- Stravinsky: the firebird -- Stravinsky: the rite of spring -- The Stravinsky -- Webern conjunction -- Varèse: Hyperprisme, Octandre, Intégrales -- Berg: the chamber concerto -- Wozzeck and its interpretation -- Lulu -- Olivier Messiaen -- Oriental music: a lost paradise? -- First and second hearings -- Experiment, ostriches and music -- Mini-editorial -- Ten years on -- Why I say no to Malraux -- Where are we now? -- The Bauhaus model -- Orchestras, concert hall, repertory, audiences -- Arousing interest in new music -- What's new? -- Freeing music -- Technology and the composer -- Wolfgang Steinecke -- Edgard Varese -- Hermann Scherchen: the adventurous patriarch -- Roger Désormière: I hate remembering -- Hans Rosbaud -- T.W. Adorno -- Heinrich Strobel -- Bruno Maderna: a portrait sketch. |
| Abstract | Pierre Boulez is one of the most influential--and controversial--figures in the world of contemporary music. As composer, conductor, and critic, his challenging views of modern developments are lent a special authority by his high standing as an interpreter of classic composers. Orientations will enhance his reputation as a lucid expositor of the modern composer's world. When writing about composing and analysis Boulez forges a new way of thinking about music. He is immensely illuminating about his own compositions. He offers special insight on composers with whom he has been particularly associated as a conductor--including Berlioz, Debussy, Wagner, Mahler, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and Messiaen. And he writes about performance and orchestras, tackling the question of how to make new music more familiar for the concert-goer. This rich and wide-ranging volume is truly a special resource for everyone wanting to learn more about twentieth-century music. |
| General note | Translation of: Points de repère. 2e èd. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 85027317 |
| ISBN | 0674643755 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML60.B796 P613 1986 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |