1st Edition
Playing on Words A Guide to Luciano Berio's Sinfonia
By David Osmond-Smith
Copyright 1985
104 Pages
by
Routledge
104 Pages
by
Routledge
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Luciano Berio's Sinfonia (1968) marked a return by the composer to orchestral writing after a gap of six years. This in-depth study demonstrates the central position the work occupies in Berio's output. David Osmond-Smith discusses the way in which Berio used the Bororo myth described in Levi-Strauss's Le cru et le cuit as a framework for Sinfonia. This is one of many influences in the work, which... Read more
1: Sinfonia and its Precursors; 2: Mythologiques; 3: ‘O King’; 4: ‘In ruhig fliessender Bewegung’; 5: Synthesis and Dissolution; 6: Epilogue
Biography
David Osmond-Smith
