Thomas Ades Studies
Published on 29. August 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
338 pages
978-1-108-70813-5 (ISBN)
Description
Thomas Ades 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 Ades's music - offers authoritative accounts of Ades's major compositions from a variety of analytical, critical, cultural and historical perspectives. The opening chapters focus on Ades'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 Ades's texted music and highlight how themes introduced in earlier chapters cut across Ades's entire output. Richly illustrated with musical examples and supported by further online material, this book provides a multi-faceted portrait of Ades's work that opens up new ways of thinking about, and engaging with, his music.
Reviews / Votes
'the most comprehensive analytical account to date on the music of this living composer ... a wonderfully integrated volume discussing all of the composer's major works ...' Society for Music Theory Awards CommitteeMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
585 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-70813-5 (9781108708135)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Edward Venn | Philip Stoecker
Thomas Ades Studies
Book
11/2021
Cambridge University Press
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Content
1. 'Chronically Volatile': Gesture in Ades's Living Toys and America: a Prophecy Philip Rupprecht; 2. Performing Ades Edward Venn with Henry Weekes; 3. 'Fountain of Youth', 'River of Meaning': Aesthetics of the Superficial in Powder Her Face Nicholas David Stevens; 4. 'Oh Brave New Caliban': Postcolonial Perspectives on Ades's The Tempest Jane Forner; 5. Chaconnes in the Music of Ades Philip Stoecker; 6. Closing the Circle? Tevot and the Question of Symphonic Resolution Richard Powell; 7. A World in Constant Motion: Ades's in Seven Days Amy Bauer; 8. Musique Automatique? Adesian Automata and the Logic of Disjuncture Brian Moseley; 9. Narrating the Dance of Death: Morality and Social Critique in Ades's Totentanz Scott Lee; 10. Hearing Voices in Ades's Operas Emma Gallon; 11. The Rich Logic of Ades's the Exterminating Angel and The Tempest John Roeder; 12. Sonic Allegory in Ades's the Exterminating Angel Yayoi Uno Everett; Index.