James MacMillan studies:

"The Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan is one of the major figures of contemporary music, with a world-wide reputation for his modernist engagement with religious images and stories. Beginning with a substantial foreword from the composer himself, this collection of scholarly essays offers...

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Hauptverfasser: Parsons, George 1981- (VerfasserIn, HerausgeberIn), Sholl, Robert (VerfasserIn, HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia Cambridge University Press 2020
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge composer studies
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Zusammenfassung:"The Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan is one of the major figures of contemporary music, with a world-wide reputation for his modernist engagement with religious images and stories. Beginning with a substantial foreword from the composer himself, this collection of scholarly essays offers analytical, musicological, and theological perspectives on a selection of MacMillan's musical works. The volume includes a study of embodiment in MacMillan's music; a theological study of his St Luke Passion; an examination of the importance of lament in a selection of his works; a chapter on the centrality of musical borrowing to MacMillan's practice; a discussion of his liturgical music; and detailed analyses of other works including The World's Ransoming and the seminal Seven Last Words from the Cross. The chapters provide fresh insights on MacMillan's musical world, his compositional practice, and his relationship to modernity"--
Beschreibung:xxv, 238 Seiten Notenbeispiele
ISBN:9781108492539
9781108716871

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