Messiaen in Context

Exploring the many dimensions of Messiaen's life, thought and music, this book provides fresh perspectives on the contexts within which the composer worked, the intellectual currents that influenced him, and the influence he himself exerted on twentieth-century music. It enables a holistic understanding of this 'mondial' French composer in relation to the wider world, including his engagement with and refiguration of theology through music, the performance and reception of his work, the ways in which his aesthetics and conceptual universe have been understood by his students, and how his legacy continues to evolve. Reappraising known facts and adding new interpretations from a variety of inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary viewpoints, Messiaen in Context provides a fresh understanding and engagement with one of the most significant musicians of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Sholl, Robert (Royal Academy of Music and Universi Sholl
• Assisted by: Robert Sholl (Editor), Robert (Royal Academy of Music and University of West London) Sholl (Editor), Sholl Robert (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2023
• EAN: 9781108487917
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48791-7
• No. of pages: 350
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Composers in Context
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, 20th Century, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Composers and songwriters, 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music, Art music, orchestral and formal music