Gérard Grisey and spectral music : composition in the information age /

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-291) and index.Introduction -- Part I. Grisey's style. Grisey's early formation (1960-65) ; Messiaen's class and new music in late 1960s Paris (1967-70) ; Statistical serialism and Vagues, chemins, le souffle (1970-72) ; On the threshold : D'eau et de pierre (1972) -- Part II. Spectral music. Psychoacoustics and the new compositional framework (1973-74) ; L'itinéraire and synthetic music (1973-76) ; New dimensions (1976-78) ; Spectral music and écriture liminale (1979-82) -- Conclusion."The first in-depth historical study of the origins of spectral music, which is widely regarded, alongside minimalism, as one of the two most influential compositional movements of the last fifty years. The book will appeal to anyone interested in how classical music developed in the late twentieth century"--