1st Edition

Coherence in New Music: Experience, Aesthetics, Analysis

By Mark Hutchinson Copyright 2016
248 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

What does it mean to talk about musical coherence at the end of a century characterised by fragmentation and discontinuity? How can the diverse influences which stand behind the works of many late twentieth-century composers be reconciled with the singular immediacy of the experiences that they can create? How might an awareness of the distinctive ways in which these experiences are generated and... Read more

1 Introduction: beyond the delta?
2 ‘A here that is gone, or is going’: Adès’s Arcadiana
3 Connections 1: interaction, analysis, energy
4 Pulling inwards, pushing onwards: Saariaho’s Solar
5 Connections 2: shape, continuity, development
6 Strolling through a formal garden: Takemitsu’s How slow the Wind
7 Connections 3: expression, moment, meaning
8 Ruined artefacts: Kurtág’s ΣΤΗΛΗ
9 Conclusions: three statements, three questions

Biography

Mark Hutchinson is a Lecturer in Music at York St John University. His research focuses upon creative approaches towards the analysis of recent contemporary music, and in particular upon ways of bridging the gap between listening, analysis and critical thought. He is also an active piano accompanist and oboist.