| Description |
xviii, 232 pages : illustration, music ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222) and index. |
| Contents |
Nyman 'on trial' -- Man and boy : the early years -- Texts in context -- Mapping intertexuality in Nyman -- Parallel universes : the Nyman-Greenaway soundtracks -- Quotation in Nyman's Neurological opera -- Unchained melodies : intertextuality and inter-referentiality in the string quartets -- The author returns : music at The piano -- Gene sequences and musical sequences : Facing Goya. |
| Summary |
The author's aim is to contextualise Michael Nyman's music by applying relevant and useful intertextual theories and methodologies. He also attempts to summarise and conflate present thoughts and opinions about his music from writers engaged in a variety of disciplines. |
| Subject |
Nyman, Michael -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Nyman, Michael. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Pwyll ap Siôn. Music of Michael Nyman. Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007 (OCoLC)639552920 |
| ISBN |
9781859282106 |
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1859282105 |
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