I am discovering the superb publications of the Philharmonie de Paris, which offer French translations of theoretical and autobiographical texts by some of the greatest names in 20th-century music...
These reflective texts shed light on the creative process and its evolution over the course of a lifetime, while addressing fundamental questions: what is music? What is modernity? How can we innovate within the tradition of Western music?
These three books open up a vast field of reflection, and reading them together will undoubtedly create multiple echoes and resonances, given how different Schönberg, Berio, and Reich are.
These composers, along with others from the contemporary scene, are among my favorites to listen to: their music appeals to the ear as much as to the mind, and broadens my own creative universe, at my modest level as a self-taught musician.
And their writings help me to put into words what I feel intuitively, but confusedly, about the mysterious power of sounds, silence, harmony and dissonance, rhythm, time and space, which contribute to creating what we call “music”...
These reflective texts shed light on the creative process and its evolution over the course of a lifetime, while addressing fundamental questions: what is music? What is modernity? How can we innovate within the tradition of Western music?
These three books open up a vast field of reflection, and reading them together will undoubtedly create multiple echoes and resonances, given how different Schönberg, Berio, and Reich are.
These composers, along with others from the contemporary scene, are among my favorites to listen to: their music appeals to the ear as much as to the mind, and broadens my own creative universe, at my modest level as a self-taught musician.
And their writings help me to put into words what I feel intuitively, but confusedly, about the mysterious power of sounds, silence, harmony and dissonance, rhythm, time and space, which contribute to creating what we call “music”...
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