Composer–performer collaborations in the long twentieth century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23256017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arnold Whittall (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Distributed Creativity (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780199355914.003.0002 |
| OpenAlex | W4240237840 |
| ISBN | 9780199355914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This account of a musical period centred around a modernist aesthetic provides a historical context for the contemporary case studies which follow in subsequent chapters. It surveys documented interactions of composers and performers in strongly contrasted contexts, from brief encounters to sustained involvement. In the latter case, such associations during the conception as well as the completion of works can have a decisive impact on the musical result. Benjamin Britten’s longstanding relationship with the singer Peter Pears is a well-known instance, and even when the music is less directly connected to the personal characteristics of particular performers, the consequences can be significant. The discussions between Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and the Maggini String Quartet during the composition of the ten Naxos Quartets (2002–07) vividly demonstrate the social dynamics that can be involved as uncompromisingly modernist music is prepared for presentation to an audience.
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Composition (language) · Context (archaeology) · Dynamics (music) · Literature · Musical · Performance art · Performing arts · Period (music) · Presentation (obstetrics) · Sociology · String (physics) · Visual arts · History · Mathematics · Music History and Culture · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Theater, Performance, and Music History
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |