The Courage of Composers and the Tyranny of Taste: Reflections on New Music

by Bálint András Varga

All-new interviews with 33 of the world's leading composers--from Adams and Crumb to Guba dulina and Rihm--give unique insights into the creative process.

B lint Andr s Varga is perhaps the world's most respected interviewer of living composers. For The Courage of Composers and the Tyranny of Taste: Reflections on New Music, Varga has confronted thirty-three composers with quotations carefully chosen to elicit their thoughts about an issue...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580465935
• ISBN13: 9781580465939
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"