Thomas Ad???s is a dominant force in contemporary music, whose work attracts significant attention and acclaim, and has been performed by many renowned ensembles. This volume - the first to present a range of scholarly essays on every aspect of Ad???s's music - offers authoritative accounts of Ad???s's major compositions from a variety of analytical, critical, cultural and historical perspectives. The opening chapters focus on Ad???s's earlier music, offering close readings of key works. Further essays focus on his ...
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Thomas Ad???s is a dominant force in contemporary music, whose work attracts significant attention and acclaim, and has been performed by many renowned ensembles. This volume - the first to present a range of scholarly essays on every aspect of Ad???s's music - offers authoritative accounts of Ad???s's major compositions from a variety of analytical, critical, cultural and historical perspectives. The opening chapters focus on Ad???s's earlier music, offering close readings of key works. Further essays focus on his engagement with forms and instrumental genres. The final chapters turn to Ad???s's texted music and highlight how themes introduced in earlier chapters cut across Ad???s's entire output. Richly illustrated with musical examples and supported by further online material, this book provides a multi-faceted portrait of Ad???s's work that opens up new ways of thinking about, and engaging with, his music.
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