Conversations with Iannis Xenakis

266 Pages·2003·17.451 MB·English

by  Bálint András Varga, Balint Andras Varga

Conversations with Iannis Xenakis
Bálint András Varga is head of promotions at Universal Edition in
Vienna. He has written widely on contemporary composers,
including Berio, Kurtág and Lutoslawski.

Conversations with Iannis Xenakis
Bálint András Varga
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For Susan Bradshaw and Paul Griffiths
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Contents
conversations: 1980 1
Preface 3
1 Biography 7
2 Interludium (Confession) 47
3 Roots 50
4 The Compositions - a Preliminary 61
5 Theories - Compositions 72
6 On Space, Ballets, Incidental Music, Vocal Works
and Games 97
7 Tape Music. Polytope-Diatope no
8 EMAMu/CEMAMu 118
9 On Teaching 123
10 On the Role of Art 126
11 On Immortality, Intelligence, Concentration and
Other Subjects 128
1989 135
c o n v e r sa t io n s:
Preface 137
x Impressions and Comments 140
2 Ais I 161
3 Ais II (Cogito ergo sum) 166
4 From Serment to Taurhiphanie 170
5 UPIC 194
6 Theories 199
7 Form and Shapes 203
8 Space and Acoustics 208
9 The Composer in Society 211
Notes 215
Chronological List of Compositions 220
Index of Titles 242
Discography 244
Bibliography 247
Index 249