This book, first collection of essays in English on Bruno Maderna, brings the reader closer to one of the greatest European composer and conductor of the last century. Utopia, Innovation, Tradition: Bruno Maderna's cosmos is the first collection of essays in English dedicated to one of the most multifaceted and interesting musical personalities of the 20th century, a protagonist in the development of new music after World War II. The various essays cover the most important aspects of Bruno Maderna's peculiar compositional approach and, thanks to innovative methodological perspectives based mainly on the study of archival materials, arrive at new and often completely unexpected interpretations.

About the Author
Angela Ida De Benedictis joined in 2014 the Scholarly Staff of the Paul Sacher Foundation as scientific curator of more than 25 musical Collections. PhD in musicology from Pavia University; Director of the Scientific Board of the Centro Studi Luciano Berio. She has taught at the Universities of Pavia, Padua, Salerno, Bern, and Freiburg. She edited the writings of Luigi Nono (2000 and 2018), Luciano Berio (2013), Bruno Maderna (2020), and published books and essays of theory and analysis mainly featuring twentieth-century music.


Book Information
ISBN 9781837650309
Author Angela Ida De Benedictis
Format Hardback
Page Count 480
Imprint Boydell & Brewer
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g