Thomas Adès Studies

Thomas Adès is a dominant force in contemporary music, whose work attracts significant attention and acclaim, and has been performed by many renowned ensembles. This volume - the first to present a range of scholarly essays on every aspect of Adès's music - offers authoritative accounts of Adès's major compositions from a variety of analytical, critical, cultural and historical perspectives. The opening chapters focus on Adès's earlier music, offering close readings of key works. Further essays focus on his engagement with forms and instrumental genres. The final chapters turn to Adès's texted music and highlight how themes introduced in earlier chapters cut across Adès's entire output. Richly illustrated with musical examples and supported by further online material, this book provides a multi-faceted portrait of Adès's work that opens up new ways of thinking about, and engaging with, his music.

About the author

Edward Venn is Professor of Music at the University of Leeds. He is author of Thomas Adès: Asyla (2017) and The Music of Hugh Wood (2008) and has published many book chapters and journal articles on the analysis and interpretation of twentieth-century and contemporary music. He is editor of the journal Music Analysis.Philip Stoecker is Professor of Music at Hofstra University. His research focuses on post-tonal theory and analysis, and the music of Thomas Adès, George Perle, and the Second Viennese School. He has published numerous journal articles on the music of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Assisted by: Philip Stoecker (Editor), Edward Venn (Editor), Venn Edward (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.08.2024
• EAN: 9781108708135
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70813-5
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 584 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Cambridge Composer Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / History & Criticism, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Music reviews & criticism, Composers and songwriters, Music reviews and criticism, 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music, Art music, orchestral and formal music