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