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The Esoteric Musical Tradtion of Ferruccio Busoni and Its Reinvigoration in the Music of Larry Sitsky: The Operas "Doktor Faust" and the "Golem"
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The Esoteric Musical Tradtion of Ferruccio Busoni and Its Reinvigoration in the Music of Larry Sitsky http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Esoteric-Musical-Tradtion-of-Ferruccio-Busoni-and-Its-Reinvigoration-the-Music-of-Larry-Sitsky-Judith-Michelle-Crispin-Larry-Sitsky-Preface-by/9780773454071

The Operas "Doktor Faust" and the "Golem"

By Judith Michelle Crispin, Larry Sitsky (Preface by)

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Format:Hardback, 296 pages, illustrated edition Edition
Other Information: Illustrations
Published In: United States, 01 June 2007
This study explores an elite esoteric tradition of music composition which grew out of Ferruccio Busoni's concept of Junge Klassizitat, or Young Classicality, and is manifested and examined in the two major operas it has generated: Busoni's "Doktor Faust" and Larry Sitsky's "The Golem". This study should appeal to scholars interested in musicology. This study explores an elite esoteric tradition of music composition, transmitted to succeeding generations by practicing musicians with an avid interest in the occult. Motivated by a conception of music as an agent of transcendence, this tradition has been most clearly articulated by Ferruccio Busoni as Junge Klassizitat, or Young Classicality. The core ideas of Busoni's Junge Klassizitat have been passed from teacher to pupil in the manner of esoteric school, and encrypted as symbols within original compositions. One inheritor of Busoni's esoteric legacy was the Australian composer Larry Sitsky, a composition student of Busoni via Egon Petri. Building on existing research into the esoteric nature of Busoni's Junge Klassizitat, this study traces the passage of the esoteric tradition along the Budoni-Petri-Sitsky line. It outlines a new, living and evolving tradition born from Sitsky's reinterpretation and revitalization of Busoni's model. Within the Busoni-Sitsky tradition of orientation of Junge Klassizitat remains unchanged but has flowered into new esoteric manifestations. To further elucidate this tradition, this study examines the two major operas it has generated: Busoni's "Doktor Faust" and Sitsky's "The Golem". It is demonstrated that the tradition's core ideas are transmitted through these operas as encrypted symbols, awaiting future decipherment. This work will appeal to scholars of music history, pedagogy, and composition, as well as scholars of Australian music, Busoni, Sitsky and Western esotericism.

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Legacy of Ferruccio Busoni; The Architecture of Busoni's Doktor Faust; The Nuctemeron of Larry Sitsky; The Gematria of Sitsky's The Golem; Conclusions; Appendix 1 - Sitsky: Complete Works, Discography and Writings on Music; Appendix 2 - Transcript of an Interview with Larry Sitsky by Judith Crispin; Appendix 3 - Table of Select Authors from Busoni's Library; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author

Dr. Judith Crispin is a composer, musicologist and mezzo-soprano. Following doctoral work in Canberra with Larry Sitsky, Dr. Crispin studied in Paris as a composition student of Emmanuel Nunes. She has received a number of academic and artistic awards, including the Nancy Van de Vate International Compositional Prize for Opera, the Harold Allen Memorial Prize for Composition, and an Australian Postgraduate Award. Dr. Crispin is currently a lecturer in composition at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.

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"We know how important the subject was and is to many creative minds, and so it seems to me the height of absurdity to shy away from it. Therefore I congratulate Dr. Crispin for having the heart to push the study of music in this direction. More courage to her arm and perhaps her book is a signal for future efforts among musicologists." - Dr. Larry Sitsky Emeritus Professor of Composition Australian National University"

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
ISBN:0773454071
EAN:9780773454071
Age Range: 15+ years
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