{"title":"Series: Critical Guides to Contemporary Composers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCritical Guides to Contemporary Composers\u003c\/strong\u003e offer insightful analysis and context for today’s most influential composers. Readers can expect a blend of biographical detail and critical interpretation that illuminates the creative processes and cultural significance of modern musical figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese guides serve as essential companions for enthusiasts and scholars alike, bridging the gap between musical innovation and wider artistic discourse. They enrich understanding with thoughtful commentary, making contemporary composers accessible within the broader landscape of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mathias-spahlinger-by-neil-t-smith-9781789387544","title":"Mathias Spahlinger","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first book-length study in English of composer Mathias Spahlinger\u003c\/em\u003e, one of Germany’s leading practitioners of contemporary music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the most stimulating and provocative figures of the new music scene, Mathias Spahlinger has long been a touchstone for leftist, “critical” composition in Germany, yet his work has received very little attention in Anglophone scholarship until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpahlinger’s practice offers a unique negotiation of the modernist legacy as well as passionate political and philosophical engagement. Born in 1944, today his position as one of the most venerable exponents of post-WWII modernism in his homeland is undeniable: his music is regularly performed, he has received commissions from many of the major orchestras and new music groups in Germany, and in 2014 he received the Berliner Kunstpreis, Berlin’s top art prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBringing a critical perspective to Spahlinger’s life and work, this monograph provides an essential reference for scholars of new music and twentieth-century modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596918243564,"sku":"9781789387544","price":75.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ff76de1a4c2969560e8914f0698559da.jpg?v=1777955361"},{"product_id":"bernhard-lang-by-christine-dysers-9781835953563","title":"Bernhard Lang","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBernhard Lang: Critical Guides to Contemporary Composers\u003c\/em\u003e offers a critical guide and introduction to the work of Austrian composer Bernhard Lang (b. 1957). It identifies the phenomenon of repetition as a central concern in Lang’s thinking and making. The composer’s artistic practice is identified as one of ‘loop aesthetics’: a creative poetics in which repetition serves not only as methodology, but also as material, language, and subject matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is structured around the four central thematic nodes of philosophy, music, theatre, and politics. After introducing Lang as a composer whose work is thoroughly influenced by philosophical thought, the book develops a typology of musical repetition as it is explored and activated in Lang’s oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePointing towards the several repetitions within the performance of Lang’s works, the book explores the heavily trans-medial nature of the repeat across domains such as literature, dance, and theatre. Finally, the book investigates Lang’s use of textual quotation and musical borrowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChristine Dysers is a musicologist specialising in contemporary music aesthetics. Her research centres around repetition, politics, absence, the liminal, and the uncanny. This is the first full-length study of the works of Bernhard Lang and is a new volume in the Critical Guides to Contemporary Composers series from Intellect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48038159876332,"sku":"9781835953563","price":29.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781835953563-bernhard-lang.jpg?v=1785390698"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/series-critical-guides-to-contemporary-composers.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}