{"product_id":"three-questions-for-sixty-five-composers-hardcover","title":"Three Questions for Sixty-Five Composers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eB疝int Andr疽 Varga\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaster interviewer B疝int Andr疽 Varga poses three probing questions to renowned contemporary composers about their work, and carefully renders their answers in their own words. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDo today's composers draw inspiration from life experiences or from, say, the natural world?\u003cbr\u003e What influences, past and present, have influenced recent composers?\u003cbr\u003e How essential is it for a composer to develop a personal style, and when does this degenerate into self-repetition?\u003cbr\u003e These are questions about which some of the most important composers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century often have quite strong feelings--but have seldom been asked.\u003cbr\u003e In this pathbreaking book, B疝int Andr疽 Varga puts these three questions to such renowned composers as Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Alberto Ginastera, Sofia Gubaidulina, Hans Werner Henze, Helmut Lachenmann, Gygy Ligeti, Witold Lutoslawski, Luigi Nono, Krzysztof Penderecki, Wolfgang Rihm, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Toru Takemitsu, and Iannis Xenakis. Varga's sensitive English renderings capture the subtleties of their sometimes confident, sometimes hesitant, answers. \u003cbr\u003e All statements from English-speaking composers -- such as Milton Babbitt, John Cage, Elliott Carter, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Morton Feldman, Lukas Foss, Steve Reich, Gunther Schuller, andSir Michael Tippett -- consist of the composers' own carefully chosen words.\u003cbr\u003e Three Questions for Sixty-Five Composers is vital reading for anybody interested in the current state of music and the arts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e TheHungarian music publisher B疝int Andr疽 Varga has spent nearly forty years working for and with composers. He has published several books, including extensive interviews with Lutoslawski, Berio, and Xenakis. His previous book forthe University of Rochester Press is Gygy Kurt疊: Three Interviews and Ligeti Homages.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 6.3 x 9.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42705983406143,"sku":"9781580463799","price":75.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a7e758498446ba93a7001f55ee5445a9.webp?v=1765038751","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/three-questions-for-sixty-five-composers-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}