Full Description
Renowned composer Jennifer Higdon is best known for her symphonic pieces blue cathedral, Concerto for Orchestra, City Scape, Concerto 4-3 and Violin Concerto (2010 Pulitzer Prize). These compositions illustrate her breadth of style and avant-garde technique. The author examines these works--with commentary by Higdon--as well as the music of her first opera, with a focus on compositional history, musical characteristics, formal analysis and critical reception.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Marin Alsop
Preface
One. Biography and Orchestral Compositional Traits
Two. blue cathedral
Three. Concerto for Orchestra
Four. City Scape
Five. Concerto 4-3
Six. Violin Concerto
Seven. Cold Mountain
Eight. Cold Mountain: The Music
Codetta
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
