The Stage Works of Philip Glass by Robert F Waters

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The Stage Works of Philip Glass by Robert F Waters

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The Stage Works of Philip Glass is a rich exploration of Glass and his widely acclaimed music for the theatre within the context of other composers interested in so-called minimalist features. It assesses different critical interpretations of Glass's work, and sheds light on his challenging creative philosophy.

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The Stage Works of Philip Glass by Robert F Waters

The Stage Works of Philip Glass is the first publication to exclusively examine Glass's stage works from 1976 to the present day. Glass, who is regularly acclaimed as the most popular living classical composer, created stage works that have had a mesmerizing effect on younger generations. Robert Waters analyses Glass and his music for the theatre in the context of other composers interested in so-called minimalist features. His discussion includes three introductory chapters that address the validity versus invalidity of terms such as minimalism, post-minimalism, postmodernism, and neo-Romanticism, together with a brief overview of Glass's life and works. Waters examines the different types of theatre responsible for Glass's impact, including Robert Wilson's Theater of Images. He sheds light on Glass's philosophy regarding staging, text, and other theatrical components, which includes a defiance of conventional narrative, visual and aural dissociation as a theatrical technique, and deconstructionist concepts.
Robert F. Waters teaches at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He also held faculty positions at Seton Hall University and Wake Forest University. His published research focuses on nineteenth-and twentieth-century music in France and America, and he has lectured and presented papers throughout the United States as well as in the UK, Europe and Australia. Waters also wrote as a music critic for the Washington Post for ten years and has performed as a pianist.
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ISBN 13 9781107049758
ISBN 10 110704975X
Title The Stage Works of Philip Glass
Author Robert F Waters
Series Composers On The Stage
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Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2022-08-04
Number of pages 335
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