György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre: Postmodernism, Musico-Dramatic Form and the Grotesque

As the first book in English solely dedicated to discussion of György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre (1974-77, revised 1996), this study offers new perspectives on the opera's ambiguous music-dramatic identity in the context of musical postmodernism.

Author: Peter Edwards
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 02/07/2019
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9780367229498

About the Author

Peter Edwards is a post-doctoral research fellow in musicology at the University of Oslo. He leads a research project entitled 'Style and Modernity', funded by the Research Council of Norway. In 2012 Peter successfully defended his PhD thesis on György Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre; a critical examination of Ligeti's creative process, the sketches for the opera, and the significance of the opera in the wider context of modern and postmodern aesthetics. He has also worked as a guitarist and composer and has received numerous commissions from leading ensembles and performers. Peter is a member of the editorial board of the Norwegian Journal of Musicology.