Concepts of time in post-war European music / Aaron Hayes.

Concepts of Time in Post-War European Music gives a historical and philosophical account of the discussions of the nature of time and music during the mid-twentieth century. The nature of time was a persistent topic among composers in Paris and Darmstadt in the decades after World War II, one which...

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Main Author: Hayes, Aaron (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Series:Ashgate studies in theory and analysis of music after 1900.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Analysis: Anton Webern, Concerto Op. 24, m. 38-40
  • 3 Duration and Eternity: Messiaen's Time Categories
  • 4 Analysis: Olivier Messiaen, 'Ile de Feu I' from Quatre Études de rythme
  • 5 Continuity: Boulez's Smooth Time and Its Mathematical Negotiations
  • 6 Analysis: Pierre Boulez, Improvisations Sur Mallarmé II-'Une Dentelle s'abolit'
  • 7 The Unity of Time: Stockhausen's Engagement with Acoustics
  • 8 Analysis: Karlheinz Stockhausen, Zeitmaße.
  • 9 Trauma: Goeyvaerts and Adorno on Musical Stasis
  • 10 Analysis: Karel Goeyvaerts, Sonata for Two Pianos, Movements II-III
  • 11 Spacetime: Xenakis and the End of the Discourse on Musical Time
  • 12 Analysis: Iannis Xenakis, Nomos Alpha
  • Bibliography
  • Index.