Messiaen and the spectralists

Marilyn Nonken

doi:10.4324/9781315595061-25

Messiaen and the spectralists

Marilyn Nonken

Music and Performing Arts Professions

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It is relatively easy to construct the biography of a single composer. An artist’s development can be charted in relation to others and to contemporaneous historical and cultural events. Each composer leaves a distinctive footprint of scores and performances; from scores, reviews, recordings, and documented appearances, one can hypothesize the creative processes that led from one composition to the next. From life event to life event, and from work to work, we can construe the relationship between the personal and the professional, marrying psychobiography and aesthetic critique.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Messiaen Perspectives 2
Subtitle of host publication	Techniques, Influence and Reception
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	227-240
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317097150
ISBN (Print)	9781409426967
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315595061-25
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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