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Xenakis: His Life in Music is a full-length study of the influential contemporary composer Iannis Xenakis. Following the trajectory of Xenakis’s compositional development, James Harley, who studied with Xenakis, presents the works together with clear explanations of the technical and conceptual inno...

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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-240502024-03-22T19:23:14Z Xenakis Harley, James sonic entities sustained sonority melodic contours corbusier olivier messiaen cluster thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose::DNB Biography: general::DNBF Biography: arts and entertainment Xenakis: His Life in Music is a full-length study of the influential contemporary composer Iannis Xenakis. Following the trajectory of Xenakis’s compositional development, James Harley, who studied with Xenakis, presents the works together with clear explanations of the technical and conceptual innovations that shaped them. Harley examines the relationship between the composer and two early influences: Messiaen and Le Corbusier. Particular attention is paid to analyzing works which were vital to the composer’s creative development, from early, unpublished works to the breakthrough pieces Metastasis and Pithoprakta, through the oft-discussed decade of formalization and the evolving styles of the succeeding three decades. 2019-11-21 16:23:39 2020-04-01T09:37:27Z 2020-04-01T09:37:27Z 2004 book 1006082 OCN: 1135848313 9780415971454;9780415885386;9781135874957;9781135874940;9781135874902 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24050 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 1006082.pdf https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780203342794 Taylor & Francis 10.4324/9780203342794 10.4324/9780203342794 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 9780415971454;9780415885386;9781135874957;9781135874940;9781135874902 open access
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