Louis Andriessen: De Staat

by Adlington,Robert

• ISBN13: 9780754609254
• ISBN10: 0754609251
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-08-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Louis Andriessen is one of the foremost composers in the world today. His music, with its distinctive blend of jazz, minimalism, Stravinsky and the European avant-garde, has attracted wide audiences internationally and made him a sought-after teacher among younger generations of composers. De Staat ('The Republic') brought Andriessen to international attention in 1976, and it remains his best-known work.This book is the first extended, single-author study of Andriessen in any language. It opens with a detailed account of Andriessen's involvement in the political upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s which formed the basis for his later views on instrumentation and musical style. The following chapters assess the principal influences on his music and the musical structure of De Staat. The book closes with an extensive discussion of the meaning of De Staat in the light of the composer's firmly held socio-political views. An accompanying CD includes a thrilling live recording of De Staat from the 1978 Holland Festival, plus two earlier works not previously commercially available on compact disc - De Volharding and Il Principe.

Author Biography

Robert Adlington is Lecturer in Music at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Music Examples	vi
General Editor's Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Note on References	xi
Introduction	1	(4)
1 Music and Politics: Early Works, Protest and the Orkest De Volharding	5	(26)
2 Jazz, Minimalism and Stravinsky	31	(26)
3 De Staat: The Music	57	(38)
4 De Staat: Some Interpretations	95	(38)
5 An Interview with Louis Andriessen	133	(13)
Appendices
A. De Staat - The Text	146	(2)
B. Bar Numbers, Rehearsal Numbers and Compact Disc Timings in De Staat	148	(2)
C. Il Principe - The Text	150	(2)
Bibliography	152	(9)
CD Information	161	(2)
Index	163