Full Description
Arguably the most important British post-minimalist composer, Gavin Bryars has worked in classical music, jazz, free improvisation, minimalism, historicism, avant-garde, and experimental music. This new book brings together musicians and academics who have worked with Bryars, each discussing one particular aspect of his work.
Contents
Foreword by Steve Reich
Preface by David Wordsworth
Prologue - an interview with Gavin Bryars
1. Vocal Music - John Potter
2. Choral Music - David Wordsworth
3. Opera - David Wordsworth
4. Jazz and Improvisation - Brian Morton
5. Experimental Music - Virginia Anderson
6. Dance - Roger Heaton
7. Titanic and Jesus' Blood - Brian Morton
8. Orchestral Music - Martin Cotton
9. Notes from a Collaborator - Blake Morrison
10. The Adnan Songbook - Anna Maria Friman
11. The Flower of Friendship - The Gavin Bryars Ensemble - Audrey Riley
12. Bryars and Art School - Simon Strange
13. After Handel's 'Vesper' and the Harpsichord's Dual Life - Mahan Esfahani
14. Tributes - Howard Skempton and Bryn Harrison
Epilogue: Career and Evolution - Gavin Bryars
Appendices
Bryars' Desert Island Discs
Catalogue of Works
Arrangements by others
Discography
Contributors
Index of Names
Acknowledgements
