The music of Joji Yuasa / by Luciana Galliano ; edited by Peter Burt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galliano, Luciana, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yuasa, Jōji--Criticism and interpretation.

Yuasa, Jōji.

Composers--Japan.

Composers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the last fifty years, the music of Joji Yuasa has attained the zenith of international musical standards: a study of this great Japanese composer is long overdue. Persuasive and captivating, less 'easy' than that of his lifetime friend Toru Takemitsu, Yuasa's music has also been a model for many young composers, both from Japan and further afield, thanks to the long period he spent teaching composition at the University of California, San Diego (1981-1994). This book serves to illumina...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF MUSICAL EXAMPLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4438-3871-3

OCLC:

830168616