Xenakis: His Life in Music [1 ed.] 0415971454, 9780415971454, 9780203342794

Xenakis: His Life in Music is a full-length study of the influential contemporary composer Iannis Xenakis. Following the

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Table of contents :
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 11
1 The outsider......Page 13
2 From the Personal to the Individual......Page 15
3 From Architecture to Algorithm......Page 20
4 The Voice, the Stage, and a New Conception of Time......Page 41
5 Arborescences, Random Walks, and Cosmic Conceptions......Page 78
6 Sieves, Ensembles, and Thoughts of Death......Page 120
7 Melody, Harmonic Color, and Nonlinear Form......Page 147
8 The Late Works: Abstraction and Intensity......Page 199
Epilogue......Page 242
Notes......Page 244
Bibliography......Page 256
Index......Page 262

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