XENAKIS

Description

Since it was first published in 1981, Nouritza Matossian’s perceptive book on Xenakis has helped students, musicians and audiences appreciate his music. She shares his Greek culture and interest in philosophy, and has chronicled vital discoveries in his work. A reserved man, he spoke frankly to her about his mysterious methods of composition, and his relationships with Varese, Messiaen, Le Corbusier and Boulez.

CONTENTS

• In Childhood and Resistance
• Awakening in Paris
• The Eruptive Unconcious
• Stochastic Music
• The Philips Pavilion
• The Break with Le Corbusier
• Formalizing Music
• The Way of Truth and the Way of Seeming
• Symmetry under Cover
• Total Theatre
• The Polytopes
• Branching Out
• Essay: Artisan of Nature
• Interview: Of Being and Necessity
• Afterword: Visible and Invisible Universes
• In Memoriam: A Man to Melt the Icecaps
• List of Compositions
• Architectural Projects

360 pages, b&w ills / 15 x 23 cm / English