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  1. The sound of Finnish angels
    musical signification in five instrumental compositions by Einojuhani Rautavaara
    Author: Stępień, Wojciech
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Pendragon Press, Hillsdale, NY

    In music of the past, angels have generally been examined either in the context of musica coelestis or as actors in great vocal-instrumental scores. Instrumental compositions referring to angels were rare, limited mainly to some works by Tartini,... more

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    In music of the past, angels have generally been examined either in the context of musica coelestis or as actors in great vocal-instrumental scores. Instrumental compositions referring to angels were rare, limited mainly to some works by Tartini, Berg, Hindemith, Crumb, and Messiaen. The series of instrumental works with titles referring to angels created by the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara (b. 1928) therefore seems unique. Wojciech Stepien's interdisciplinary study provides an in-depth analysis and cultural contextualization of five of Rautavaara's instrumental works: the orchestral overture Angels and Visitations (1978), the Double Bass Concerto Angel of Dusk (1980), Playgrounds for Angels for brass ensemble (1981), the Seventh Symphony Angel of Light (1994), and the movement Archangel Michael Fighting against Antichrist from the piano suite Icons (1955) and its later orchestral elaboration in Before the Icons (2006). Stepien focuses on three central questions: On what means can a beholder rely to ascertain an angelic presence in an instrumental context? What markers does Rautavaara employ for his intended representation of angels? And what personal and perhaps idiosyncratic concept of "the angel" informs their musical incarnation in Rautavaara's works? Stepien's book is not only the first comprehensive study of the topic of "angels" in music but also the first to explore Rautavaara's mystical aesthetics and philosophy

     
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    Volltext (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781576472866
    Series: Interplay (Hillsdale, N.Y.) ; no. 9
    Subjects: Angels / Songs and music / History and criticism; Instrumentalmusik; Engel <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Rautavaara, Einojuhani / 1928-2016 / Instrumental music; Rautavaara, Einojuhani (1928-2016)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 265 Seiten)
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    Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Apr 2018)