„Und er gehorcht, indem er überschreitet": Was Rainer Maria Rilke in seinen „Orpheus"-Sonetten formuliert, lässt sich auch als Motto des Komponierens für Stimme lesen. Von Monteverdi bis heute versuchen Komponistinnen und Komponisten, den Möglichkeiten der menschlichen Stimme zu…
Stephen Downes examines the work of Britten, Weill and Henze to explore the significance of Gustav Mahler for twentieth-century music.
After Mahler
The music of Gustav Mahler repeatedly engages with Romantic notions of redemption. This is expressed in a range of gestures and procedures, shifting between affirmative fulfilment and pessimistic negation. In this groundbreaking study, Stephen Downes explores the relationship of…
The music of Gustav Mahler repeatedly engages with Romantic notions of redemption. This is expressed in a range of gestures and procedures, shifting between affirmative fulfilment and pessimistic negation. In this groundbreaking study, Stephen Downes explores the relationship of…
Gustav Mahler is often thought of as one of the last of the Romantic composers and, as a result his influence on the development of twentieth-century music has been little explored. In this ground-breaking study, Stephen Downes shows that Mahler's music was in fact greatly admir…
Stephen Downes examines the work of Britten, Weill and Henze to explore the significance of Gustav Mahler for twentieth-century music.
Ancient drama in music for the modern stage
by Goldhill, Simon, Cowan, Robert, Walsh, Stephen, Belina, Anastasia, Forment, Bruno, Beard, David, Strohm, Reinhard, Savage, Roger, Heller, Wendy Beth, Ograjenšek, Suzana, Ewans, Michael, Attfield, Nicholas, Beta, Simon, Burden, Michael, Geary, Jason, Ketterer, Robert C., Napolitano, Michele, Thorp, Jennifer, Wolff, Christian, Wygant, Amy