Christina L. Reitz

Jennifer Higdon

Composing in Color

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Produktbeschreibung

Renowned composer Jennifer Higdon is best known for her symphonic pieces blue cathedral, Concerto for Orchestra, City Scape, Concerto 4-3 and Violin Concerto (2010 Pulitzer Prize). These compositions illustrate her breadth of style and avant-garde technique. The author examines these works--with commentary by Higdon--as well as the music of her first opera, with a focus on compositional history, musical characteristics, formal analysis and critical reception.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 385g
• ISBN-13: 9781476664064
• ISBN-10: 1476664064
• Artikelnr.: 50016896

Autorenporträt

Christina L. Reitz is an associate professor of music at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Her research on Jennifer Higdon has been published in the Grove Dictionary of American Music, the International Alliance for Women in Music Journal, and the North Carolina Literary Review.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Marin Alsop Preface One.
Biography and Orchestral Compositional Traits Two.
blue cathedral Three.
Concerto for Orchestra Four.
City Scape Five.
Concerto 4-3 Six.
Violin Concerto Seven.
Cold Mountain Eight.
Cold Mountain: The Music Codetta Chapter Notes Bibliography Index