Morton Feldman''s Piano and String Quartet - Analysis, Aesthetics, and Experience of a 20th-Century Masterpiece

Written in 1985, the year before Feldman's death, this single movement 80-minute composition is heralded by many to be the composer's crowning achievement. The book is a complete analysis of the work, including the aural experience, and includes interviews with notable Feldman performers: David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet and Aki Takahashi.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Analytical Approach
Chapter 3: Large-scale Structure of Piano and String Quartet
Chapter 4: Analysis of Part A
Chapter 5: Analysis of Part B
Chapter 6: Analysis of Part C
Chapter 7: Conclusion - The Sonic Experience of Piano and String Quartet
Appendix A: Key for locating measures in the score of Piano and String Quartet
Appendix B: Letter from Morton Feldman to Aki Takahashi about Piano and String Quartet
Appendix C: Selected Bibliography of Analytical Studies of the Music of Morton Feldman
Appendix D: Interview with David Harrington
Appendix E: Page from Morton Feldman's Sketches for Piano and String Quartet
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

RAY FIELDS is a composer, analyst, and researcher. His works are performed at festivals, conferences, sacred settings, public spaces, and online. His preparation for analyzing Morton Feldman’s Piano and String Quartet included three weeks of study at the Feldman Archive of the Paul Sacher Stiftung in Basel, Switzerland.

Product details

• Authors: Ray Fields
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781538172278
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-7227-8
• No. of pages: 136
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; Music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Reference, Reference works, Musicians, singers, bands & groups, Theory of music & musicology, Composers & songwriters