284 Pages
105 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
284 Pages
105 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
284 Pages
105 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Performer and researcher Peter O’Hagan studies the musical style of Pierre Boulez during his final creative period, by means of a detailed consideration of the ensemble work sur Incises , which stands at the heart of Boulez’s later output.
O’Hagan offers a unique blend of perceptions stemming from playing as well as analysing Boulez’s piano music. It is examined in the context of the group of... Read more
Introduction
PART 1
Pierre Boulez and Paul Sacher
1. Mein Lieber Pierre … Cher Paul
2. The cipher at play
3. Spirals
PART 2
The culmination of a friendship
4. Derivations and fragments
5. To Paul Sacher on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday
6. Primus inter pares?
7. Variations and reminiscences
8. A Coda … and a codetta
9. Imagine… a blank page
Appendix: Interview with Dimitri Vassilakis
Biography
Peter O’Hagan is a pianist and writer specialising in contemporary music. He is editor of British Music of the 1990s (Ashgate 2003), co-editor of Boulez Studies (2016) and author of Pierre Boulez and the Piano (Routledge 2016).
