| Description |
viii, 244 pages : music ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Analytical essays on music by women composers ; v.3
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Analytical essays on music by women composers ; v. 3.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and index. |
| Contents |
Order, freedom and design. Ursula Mamlok, Panta rhei, third movement (1981) biography ; "Twelve tone in my own way" : an analytical study of Ursula Mamlok's Panta rhei, third movement, with some reflections on twelve-tone music in America / Joseph N. Straus ; Norma Beecroft, Improvvisazioni concertanti no. 1 (1961) biography ; Improvvisazioni concertanti no. 1 by Norma Beecroft : serialism, improvisatory discourse, and the musical avant-garde / Christoph Neidhöfer ; Joan Tower, Silver ladders (1986) biography ; "Octatonicism," the octatonic scale, and large-scale structure in Joan Tower's Silver ladders / Jonathan W. Bernard -- Gesture, identity and culture. Sofia Gubaidulina, String quartet no. 2 (1987) biography ; "Difference inhabits repetition" : Sofia Gubaidulina's string quartet no. 2 / Judy Lochhead ; Chen Yi, Symphony no. 2 (1993) biography ; The transformative power of musical gestures : cultural translation in Chen Yi's Symphony no. 2 / Nancy Rao -- Music, words and voices. Kaija Saariaho, "The claw of the magnolia," from the Grammar of dreams (1988) biography ; Superposition in Kaija Saariaho's "The claw of the magnolia" / John Roeder ; Libby Larsen, Chanting towards paradise (1997) biography ; Music as a mirror : Libby Larsen's Chanting towards paradise / Brenda Ravenscroft ; Elisabeth Lutyens, Essence of our happinesses (1968) biography ; This imaginary halfe-nothing : temporality in Elisabeth Lutyens's Essence of our happinesses / Laurel Parsons. |
| Language |
English text. |
| Subject |
Mamlok, Ursula. Panta rhei.
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Beecroft, Norma. Improvvisazioni concertanti, no. 1.
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Tower, Joan, 1938- Silver ladders.
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Gubaidulina, Sofia, 1931- Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 2.
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Chen, Yi, 1953- Symphonies, no. 2.
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Saariaho, Kaija. Grammaire des rêves.
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Larsen, Libby. Chanting to paradise.
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Lutyens, Elisabeth, 1906-1983. Essence of our happinesses.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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Essays.
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| Added Author |
Parsons, Laurel, editor.
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Ravenscroft, Brenda, 1961- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780190236861 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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0190236868 |
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