Music Lessons

by Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez was appointed to the Coll�ge de France in 1976, with the chair devoted to 'Invention, technique and language in Music', and he held his position until 1995. The publication of his extraordinary Coll�ge de France lectures, his most significant writings from the 1970s to the 1990s, will make a major contribution to the discussion in English about Boulez's aesthetic legacy. His goal in Le�ons de musique is to express his conception of musical language, laid out over the course of nearly twenty years of lecturing. He is thinking about the possible paths musical thought could take, as well as the musical legacy of the past.

In addition to composers, music historians, theorists, and music students, this book will be invaluable to those interested in the history and aesthetics of 20th century music, musical manifestations of artistic modernism, the history of ideas, and French intellectual and cultural history. Faber have been Pierre Boulez's publisher since 1986 - previous books include Orientations, Boulez on Music Today and Boulez on Conducting.

Genres: Music

662 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2018

About the author

Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez CBE (26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor, writer and founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of the post-war classical music world.

Reviews

[Lee Barry · Rating 5 out of 5]

600 pages of musical erudition—too much at times, but oftentimes enriching. Worth a perusal if you're a musician. In a sense, it is a huge chapbook for creativity, as well as for consideration of philosophical positions underpinning projects that involve both.

[Farouk Adil · Rating 5 out of 5]

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