Boulez, Music And Philosophy (Music In The Twentieth Century, Series Number 27)

While acknowledging that Pierre Boulez is not a philosopher, and that he is wary of the potential misuse of philosophy with regard to music, this study investigates a series of philosophically charged terms and concepts which he uses in discussion of his music. Campbell examines significant encounters which link Boulez to the work of a number of important philosophers and thinkers, including Adorno, L?i-Strauss, Eco and Deleuze. Relating Boulez's music and ideas to broader currents of thought, the book illuminates a number of affinities linking music and philosophy, and also literature and visual art. These connections facilitate enhanced understanding of post-war modernist music and Boulez's distinctive approach to composition. Drawing on a wide range of previously unpublished documentary sources and providing musical analysis of a number of key scores, the book traces the changing musical, philosophical and intellectual currents which inform Boulez's work.

• • Author: Edward Campbell
• • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• • Publication Date: Mar 27, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 298 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1107687233
• • ISBN-13: 9781107687233