György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre: Postmodernism, Musico-Dramatic Form and the Grotesque

by Peter Edwards

Book Overview

Gy?rgy Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre (1974-77, revised 1996) has consolidated its position as one of the major operatic works of the twentieth century. Few operas composed since the 1970s have received such numerous productions, bringing the eclectic score to a global audience. Famously dubbed by Ligeti as an 'anti-anti-opera', the piece is a highly ambiguous, apocalyptic fable about the human condition, fear of death and the final judgement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367229498
• ISBN13: 9780367229498
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"