Music of Louis Andriessen (Studies in Contemporary Music and Culture)

This book presents the musician in dialog with a Polish-Canadian musicologist and three of his Dutch friends and collaborators, Reinbert de Leeuw, Elmer Sch÷ouml;nberger and Frits van der Waa. Topics include his artistic evolution, his relationship to minimalism, his prevalent interest in mysticism and meaning, the use of quotation and writing for the stage and an introduction to his musical language.

• | Author: Maja Trochimczyk
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Mar 03, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 344 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1138980072
• | ISBN-13: 9781138980075