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The stage works of Philip Glass / Robert F. Waters.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waters, Robert (Robert Francis), author.
- Series:
- Composers on the stage
- [Composers on the stage]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Glass, Philip--Criticism and interpretation.
- Glass, Philip.
- Glass, Philip. Operas.
- Glass, Philip. Music theater.
- Glass, Philip. Motion picture music.
- Minimal music--History and criticism.
- Minimal music.
- Opera--20th century.
- Opera.
- Opera--21st century.
- Music theater--20th century--History and criticism.
- Music theater.
- Music theater--21st century--History and criticism.
- Motion picture music--20th century--History and criticism.
- Motion picture music.
- Motion picture music--21st century--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 257 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- System Details:
- Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The Stage Works of Philip Glass is the first publication to exclusively examine Glass's stage works from 1976 to the present day. Glass, who is regularly acclaimed as the most popular living classical composer, created stage works that have had a mesmerizing effect on younger generations. Robert Waters analyses Glass and his music for the theatre in the context of other composers interested in so-called minimalist features. His discussion includes three introductory chapters that address the validity versus invalidity of terms such as minimalism, post-minimalism, postmodernism, and neo-Romanticism, together with a brief overview of Glass's life and works. Waters examines the different types of theatre responsible for Glass's impact, including Robert Wilson's Theater of Images. He sheds light on Glass's philosophy regarding staging, text, and other theatrical components, which includes a defiance of conventional narrative, visual and aural dissociation as a theatrical technique, and deconstructionist concepts.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jul 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781107279148 (ebook)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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