Einstein on the beach : opera beyond drama /

Publication Type:

Book

Source:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge,, United Kingdom ; United States , p.1 online resource (xxxvi, 314 pages) : (2019)

Call Number:

M1500.G537

Other Number:

10.4324/9781315578989

Mots-clés:

bisacsh, MUSIC / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-300) and index.<P>Table of Contents</P><I><P></P><P>List of Tables and Figures</P><P>List of Music Examples</P><P>Foreword: </I>Susan McClary, Music and Culture in the Wake of <I>Einstein</P><P>Introduction </I>by John Richardson and Jelena Novak</P><I><P>Acknowledgements</P><P>List of Contributors</P></I><P></P><B><P>Knee Chapter 1 -</B> Paying attention to <I>Einstein</I>: Philip Glass interviewed by John Richardson </P><B><P>Part 1 <I>EINSTEIN</I> ON THE SHORES OF CULTURE </P><P>Chapter 1</B> Robert Fink, <I>Einstein </I>on the Radio</P><B><P>Chapter 2</B> Johannes Birringer, Sous les pavés, la plage</P><B><P>Chapter 3</B> Miško Šuvaković, A Critical Testimony: <I>Einstein on the Beach</I> in Belgrade</P><B><P>Knee Chapter 2</B> - <I>Einstein on the Beach</I> is not radical, it is classic: Robert Wilson interviewed by Bojan Djordjev</P><B><P>Part 2 FROM REPETITION TO REPRESENTATION</P><UL><P><LI>Chapter 4 </B>Kyle Gann, Intuition and Algorithm in <I>Einstein on the Beach</LI><P></P></I><B><P><LI>Chapter 5 </B>Pwyll ap Sion, "Only pictures to hear": Reading <I>Einstein on the Beach</I> through Experimental Theater</LI><P></P><B><P><LI>Chapter 6 </B>Avra Sidiropoulou, Creating Beauty in Chaos: Robert Wilson's Visual Authorship in <I>Einstein on the Beach</LI><P></P></UL><P></P></I><B><P>Knee Chapter 3 </B>- Stay out of the Way of Bob Wilson when he Dances: Lucinda Childs interviewed by Jelena Novak</P><B><P>Part 3 BEYOND DRAMA: SURFACES AND AGENCIES OF PERFORMANCE </P><UL><P><LI>Chapter 7 </B>Leah G. Weinberg, Heavenly Bodies: The Integral Role of Dance in <I>Einstein on the Beach</LI><P></P></I><B><P><LI>Chapter 8 </B>Zeynep Bulut, Anonymous Voice, Sound, Indifference</LI><P></P></UL><B><P>Knee Chapter 4 </B>- Artists Recall and Respond: </P><UL><P><LI>Suzanne Vega, Under the Influence - Philip Glass</LI><P></P><P><LI>Two Finnish Composers Reminisce: Juhani Nuorvala, Petri Kuljuntausta</LI><P></P><P><LI>Tom Johnson, Rehearsing <I>Einstein on the Beach</I> </LI><P></P><P><LI>Two steps forwards but three steps back, and then one step forwards again - Peter Greenaway interviewed by John Richardson </LI><P></P></UL><P></P><P> </P><B><P>Part 4 OPERATIC MACHINES AND THEIR GHOSTS </P><UL><P><LI>Chapter 9 </B>Sander van Maas, Leaving and Re-entering: Punctuating <I>Einstein on the Beach</LI><P></P></I><B><P><LI>Chapter 10 </B>Jelena Novak, Historia Einsteinalium: From the Beach to the Church, via Theater and 'State Bank'</LI><P></P></UL><B><P>Knee Chapter 5 </B>- Pieter T'Jonck, How Democratic Baroque Came about in <I>Dance</I> and <I>Einstein on the Beach</I> </P><UL><P><LI>Frits van der Waa, <I>Einstein </I>in the Press</LI><P></P></UL><B><P>Appendices</P></B><P>Appendix 1 Robert Wilson, <I>Einstein on the Beach</I>, storyboard images</P><P>Appendix 2<I> Einstein on the Beach</I>, spoken texts </P><B><P></P><P>Bibliography</P><P>Index</P></B>Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis Group, viewed May 13, 2020).