Thomas Adès studies / edited by Edward Venn and Philip Stoecker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Venn, Edward, 1974- editor.

Stoecker, Philip, 1972- editor.

Series:

Cambridge composer studies.

Cambridge Composer Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adès, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation.

Adès, Thomas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxi, 304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

'Chronically volatile' : Gesture in Ades's Living Toys and America : A Prophecy / Philip Rupprecht

Performing Ades / Edward Venn with Henry Weekes

'Fountain of youth', 'river of meaning' : Aesthetics of the Superficial in Powder Her Face / Nicholas David Stevens / 'Oh brave new Caliban' : Postcolonial Perspectives on Ades's The Tempest / Jane Forner

Chaconnes in the Music of Ades / Philip Stoecker

Closing the Circle? Tevot and the Question of Symphonic Resolution / Richard Powell

A World in Constant Motion : Ades's In Seven Days / Amy Bauer

Musique automatique? Adesian Automata and the Logic of Disjuncture / Brian Moseley

Narrating the Dance of Death : Morality and Social Critique in Ades's Totentanz / Scott Lee

Hearing Voices in Ades's Operas / Emma Gallon

The RICH Logic of Ades's The Exterminating Angel and The Tempest / John Roeder

Sonic Allegory in Ades's The Exterminating Angel / Yayoi Uno Everett.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Nov 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Venn, Edward Thomas Adès Studies

ISBN:

1-108-78726-6

1-108-78849-1

1-108-76145-3

OCLC:

1252735921