Description |
xxxvi, 314 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, music ; 25 cm. |
Series |
Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera
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Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-300) and index. |
Contents |
Foreword : Music and culture in the wake of Einstein / by Susan McClary -- Introduction / John Richardson and Jelena Novak -- Knee chapter 1. Paying attention to Einstein : Philip Glass interviewed by John Richardson -- Part 1. Einstein on the shores of culture. Einstein on the radio / Robert Fink ; Sous les pavés, la plage / Johannes Birringer ; Einstein on the beach in Belgrade : a critical testimony / Miško Šuvaković -- Knee chapter 2. Einstein on the beach is not radical, it is classic : Robert Wilson interviewed by Bojan Djordjev -- Part 2. From repetition to representation. Intuition and algorithm in Einstein on the beach / Kyle Gann ; "Only pictures to hear" : reading Einstein on the beach through experimental theater / Pwyll Ap Siôn ; Creating beauty in chaos : Robert Wilson's visual authorship in Einstein on the beach / Avra Sidiropoulou -- Knee chapter 3. Stay out of the way of Bob Wilson when he dances : Lucinda Childs interviewed by Jelena Novak -- Part 3. Beyond drama : surfaces and agencies of performance. Heavenly bodies : the integral role of dance in Einstein on the beach / Leah G. Weinberg ; Anonymous voice, sound, indifference / Zeynep Bulut -- Knee chapter 4. Artists recall and respond. Under the influence--Philip Glass / Suzanne Vega ; Two Finnish composers reminisce : Juhani Nuorvala, Petri Kuljuntausta ; Rehearsing Einstein on the beach / Tom Johnson ; Two steps forwards but three steps back, and then one step forwards again--Peter Greenaway interviewed by John Richardson -- Part 4. Operatic machines and their ghosts. Leaving and re-entering : punctuating Einstein on the beach / Sander van Maas ; Historia Einsteinalium : from the beach to the church, via theater and "state bank" / Jelena Novak -- Knee chapter 5. Critical excavations. How democratic baroque came about in dance and Einstein on the beach / Peter T'Jonck ; Einstein in the press / Fritz van der Waa -- Appendix 1. Robert Wilson, Einstein on the beach, storyboard drawings -- Appendix 2. Einstein on the beach, spoken texts. |
Subject |
Glass, Philip. Einstein on the beach.
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Einstein on the beach (Choreographic work : Wilson)
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Einstein on the beach (Choreographic work : Wilson) |
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Einstein on the beach (Choreographic work : Wilson) |
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Einstein on the beach (Glass, Philip) |
Added Author |
Novak, Jelena, 1974- editor.
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Richardson, John, 1964- editor.
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ISBN |
9781472473707 (hardback) |
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1472473701 (hardback) |
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9781315578989 (electronic book) |
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