Family and Formation
Langlais, and a Beginning
Messiaen, and Friendships
Sonata
A Nietzsche Sequence
Musique Concrete
Foucault
The Death of Virgil
You
Time Regiven
Beyond Chance
Since Debussy
Silence
Citation: Hommage a Claude Debussy
Song after Song
Concerto
The Man Lying Down
Paul Griffiths was chief music critic for the London Times (1982-92) and The New Yorker/I (1992-96) and since 1996 has written regularly for the New York Times. He has written books on Boulez, Cage, Messiaen, Ligeti, Davies, Bartok and Stravinsky, as well as several librettos, among them The Jewel Box (Mozart, 1991), Marco Polo (Tan Dun, 1996) and What Next? (Elliott Carter, 1999).
Paul Griffiths's telling of Barraqué's life makes for an engrossing
read: he does a masterful job in writing up his hearing of the
music.
*Robert D. Morris, Professor and Chair of Composition, Eastman
School of Music*
Paul Griffiths's long-awaited Barraqué biography explodes with
fresh details about the composer's professional and personal
relationships.
*Roger Woodward, Director and Professor, School of Music and Dance,
San Francisco State University*
Griffiths -- who has published novels as well as many books on
music -- strikes a distinctly personal note in search of his
subject. . . a real labour of love. . . this is a book to read like
a novel rather than keep on the shelf for reference.
*BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE, March 2004*
Griffiths' welcome addition to the literature of 20th-century music
opens a window that, though never completely closed, had been
sufficiently shuttered to prevent a truly balanced view of
mid-century serialism. Current texts certainly do not focus on
Barraqué; indeed, many do not even include his name in their
indexes. Thanks to this book, all that may change. Highly
recommended.
*CHOICE*
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