David Osmond-Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 1049878 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Osmond-Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Osmond-Smith |
| SIGNATURE | OSMOND-SMITH D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Gay Darmstadt
During the late 1950s, the Darmstadt courses brought into contact a number of gay composers and theoreticians whose interactions—produced by differing attitudes towards openness and secrecy at the time—played an important part in the rapidly evolving aesthetic and technical dogmas of the European avant-garde. It is arguable whether the provocational talents of Boulez or Cage can be linked to the training in ‘otherness’ instilled by a gay private …
Nono, Luigi (opera)
Togni, Camillo
Sciarrino, Salvatore
Scelsi, Giacinto
Bussotti, Sylvano
Manzoni, Giacomo
Berio, Luciano
Donatoni, Franco
Beyond Fox-Hunting
Walking on the Wild Side
Only Connect
Knowing Nono
Between music and language
This paper develops points arising from the papers presented by Peretz & Morais; Clarke; Lerdahl; C. Deliège; Baroni, Dalmonte & Jacoboni; and Nattiez, and the discussions that followed from them during the Symposium. These include the implications of a predisposition to hierarchic pitch structures; the relationship between a “discursive” period in the evolution of Western music and the analytical methods devised to comment on it; the complementa…
Opera
Playing on Words
Luciano Berio's Sinfonia (1968) marked a return by the composer to orchestral writing after a gap of six years. This in-depth study demonstrates the central position the work occupies in Berio's output. David Osmond-Smith discusses the way in which Berio used the Bororo myth described in Levi-Strauss's Le cru et le cuit as a framework for Sinfonia. This is one of many influences in the work, which also include Joyce's 'Sirens' chapter from Ulysse…
Sonata Forms
From Myth to Music
Journal Article From Myth to Music: Lévi-Strauss's Mythologiques and Berio's Sinfonia Get access DAVID OSMOND-SMITH DAVID OSMOND-SMITH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Musical Quarterly, Volume LXVII, Issue 2, April 1981, Pages 230-260, https://doi.org/10.1093/mq/LXVII.2.230 Published: 01 April 1981
L’iconisme Formel
Berio and the Art of Commentary
From Myth to Music
Journal Article From Myth to Music: Lévi-Strauss's Mythologiques and Berio's Sinfonia Get access DAVID OSMOND-SMITH DAVID OSMOND-SMITH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Musical Quarterly, Volume LXVII, Issue 2, April 1981, Pages 230-260, https://doi.org/10.1093/mq/LXVII.2.230 Published: 01 April 1981
Playing on Words
Luciano Berio's Sinfonia (1968) marked a return by the composer to orchestral writing after a gap of six years. This in-depth study demonstrates the central position the work occupies in Berio's output. David Osmond-Smith discusses the way in which Berio used the Bororo myth described in Levi-Strauss's Le cru et le cuit as a framework for Sinfonia. This is one of many influences in the work, which also include Joyce's 'Sirens' chapter from Ulysse…
Berio and the Art of Commentary
L’iconisme Formel
Berio and the Art of Commentary
From Myth to Music
Journal Article From Myth to Music: Lévi-Strauss's Mythologiques and Berio's Sinfonia Get access DAVID OSMOND-SMITH DAVID OSMOND-SMITH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Musical Quarterly, Volume LXVII, Issue 2, April 1981, Pages 230-260, https://doi.org/10.1093/mq/LXVII.2.230 Published: 01 April 1981
Sonata Forms
Playing on Words
Luciano Berio's Sinfonia (1968) marked a return by the composer to orchestral writing after a gap of six years. This in-depth study demonstrates the central position the work occupies in Berio's output. David Osmond-Smith discusses the way in which Berio used the Bororo myth described in Levi-Strauss's Le cru et le cuit as a framework for Sinfonia. This is one of many influences in the work, which also include Joyce's 'Sirens' chapter from Ulysse…
Opera
Between music and language
This paper develops points arising from the papers presented by Peretz & Morais; Clarke; Lerdahl; C. Deliège; Baroni, Dalmonte & Jacoboni; and Nattiez, and the discussions that followed from them during the Symposium. These include the implications of a predisposition to hierarchic pitch structures; the relationship between a “discursive” period in the evolution of Western music and the analytical methods devised to comment on it; the complementa…
Knowing Nono
Walking on the Wild Side
Only Connect
Beyond Fox-Hunting
Togni, Camillo
Sciarrino, Salvatore
Scelsi, Giacinto
Bussotti, Sylvano
Manzoni, Giacomo
Berio, Luciano
Donatoni, Franco
Nono, Luigi (opera)
Gay Darmstadt
During the late 1950s, the Darmstadt courses brought into contact a number of gay composers and theoreticians whose interactions—produced by differing attitudes towards openness and secrecy at the time—played an important part in the rapidly evolving aesthetic and technical dogmas of the European avant-garde. It is arguable whether the provocational talents of Boulez or Cage can be linked to the training in ‘otherness’ instilled by a gay private …
Art (11 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Italian Literature and Culture (5 works) · Musicology and Musical Analysis (5 works) · Art history (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (3 works) · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)