The Music of Louis Andriessen

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 4
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Music examples and figures......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 15
Abbreviations......Page 17
Introduction......Page 19
Notes......Page 27
1 Dutch music in the twentieth century......Page 30
Developments prior to World War II......Page 31
Developments after World War II......Page 38
Notes......Page 44
2 Formative years......Page 47
Formative years: neo-tonality and serialism......Page 48
Toward textural music, alea, and improvisation......Page 58
Collage and syncretism......Page 63
Notes......Page 75
3 Politics and “concept” works......Page 77
Collaborative opera and collage......Page 79
Embodiment of solidarity: agitated chant, “collective” unison, and minimalism......Page 84
“Concept” works: dialectical commentary on text......Page 94
Ideology, reception, and authenticity......Page 110
Notes......Page 114
4 Toward the metaphysical in art (1981–88)......Page 118
Dialectics of time and velocity......Page 120
De Materie (1984–88): the genesis of a non-opera......Page 132
Metaphysics of being and becoming......Page 157
Notes......Page 160
5 Ramifications......Page 162
The “hard-edged” aesthetics of The Hague school......Page 163
The making of an American “guru”: from California to New York City......Page 167
Analytic explorations: from bebop to Bach......Page 172
New music community as a heterotopian site......Page 181
Notes......Page 186
6 Operatic collaboration with Peter Greenaway......Page 188
Rosa: subverting the narrative......Page 190
Writing to Vermeer......Page 201
On the interface between music and drama......Page 218
Notes......Page 221
7 Contemplative works......Page 225
Form and expression in the Trilogy of the Last Day......Page 227
Beyond the Trilogy: exploration into madness and hell......Page 249
Notes......Page 255
8 Epilogue......Page 257
Music as commentary: parody and beyond......Page 258
Politics of reception......Page 260
Notes......Page 263
Bibliography......Page 265
Discography......Page 275
Index......Page 276