The Sea on Fire: Jean Barraqué

by Paul Griffiths

The life and works of one of the most difficult yet rewarding composers of modern time.

Jean Barraqu is increasingly being recognized as one of the great composers of the second half of the 20th century. Though he left only seven works, his voice in each of them is unmistakeable, and powerful. He had no doubt of hisresponsibility, as a creator, to take his listeners on challenging adventures that could not but leave them changed. After the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580461417
• ISBN13: 9781580461412
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"