Lutosławski studies / edited by Zbigniew Skowron.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Skowron, Zbigniew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lutosławski, Witold, 1913-1994--Criticism and interpretation.

Lutosławski, Witold.

Lutosławski, Witold, 1913-1994.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xviii, 370 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

Lutoslawski Studies presents for the first time an overview of the great twentieth-century composer Witold Lutoslawski's works and his compositional style, focusing on areas such as the composer's aesthetics, the evolution of his style, and the compositional strategies which apply to broader periods of his creativity. The international team of contributors bring to this study the results of recent research, offering a broader approach that links many issues which have been treated selectively in former studies, as well as throwing new light on the essence of the composer's music and the way in which modern and traditional elements co-exist.

Contents:

Part I: Aesthetics. Lutosławski's aesthetics: a reconstruction of the composer's outlook / Zbigniew Skowron ; Lutosławski's sound-world: a world of contrasts / Charles Bodman Rae ; The visionary and the dramatic in the music of Lutosławski / John Casken ; Poetic and dramatic schemes in Lutosławski's vocal-instrumental works / Benoît Aubigny ; Dans la nuit: the themes of death and night in Lutosławski's œuvre / Maja Trochimczyk

Part 2: Style and compositional technique. Change and constancy: the essential Lutosławski / Steven Stucky ; Considerations of symphonic form in the music of Lutosławski / James Harley ; Lutosławski's studies in twelve-tone rows / Martina Homma ; Jeux vénitiens: working methods at the start of Lutosławski's mature period / Adrian Thomas ; Between polarity and synthesis: the modernist paradigm in Lutosławski's concertos for cello and piano / Arnold Whittall ; The stylistic traits of Witold Lutosławski's works for solo instrument and piano / Jadwiga Paja-Stach ; The integrative role of motion patterns in Lutosławski's mature symphonic works: a comparison of Livre pour orchestre and the Symphony No. 4 / Andrzej Tuchowski ; On the types of chain connections in the late music of Lutosławski: some remarks on Chain 1 for chamber ensemble and Chain 3 for orchestra / Irina Nikolska ; Microtones in the music of Lutosławski / Peter Petersen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-361) and index.

ISBN:

0198166605

OCLC:

45320783