Mathias Spahlinger (Paperback)

Neil T. Smith

ISBN 10: 178938754X / ISBN 13: 9781789387544

Published by Intellect, Bristol, 2023

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Paperback. The first book-length study in English of composer Mathias Spahlinger, one of Germanys leading practitioners of contemporary music. One of the most stimulating and provocative figures of the new music scene, Mathias Spahlinger has long been a touchstone for leftist, critical composition in Germany, yet his work has received very little attention in Anglophone scholarship until now. Spahlingers practice offers a unique negotiation of the modernist legacy as well as passionate political and philosophical engagement. Born in 1944, today his position as one of the most venerable exponents of post-WWII modernism in his homeland is undeniable: his music is regularly performed, he has received commissions from many of the major orchestras and new music groups in Germany, and in 2014 he received the Berliner Kunstpreis, Berlins top art prize. Bringing a critical perspective to Spahlingers life and work, this monograph provides an essential reference for scholars of new music and twentieth-century modernism. A critical introduction to the music and thought of the German composer Mathias Spahlinger. Explored from his own perspective and discussed critically in relation to the work of French philosopher Jacques Ranciere and the continuing discourses of modernism. The first study on Spahlinger to be published in English. 36 b/w figs. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mathias Spahlinger (Paperback)
• Publisher: Intellect, Bristol
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178938754X
• ISBN 13: 9781789387544
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The first book-length study in English of composer Mathias Spahlinger, one of Germany’s leading practitioners of contemporary music.

One of the most stimulating and provocative figures of the new music scene, Mathias Spahlinger has long been a touchstone for leftist, “critical” composition in Germany, yet his work has received very little attention in Anglophone scholarship until now. 

Spahlinger’s practice offers a unique negotiation of the modernist legacy as well as passionate political and philosophical engagement. Born in 1944, today his position as one of the most venerable exponents of post-WWII modernism in his homeland is undeniable: his music is regularly performed, he has received commissions from many of the major orchestras and new music groups in Germany, and in 2014 he received the Berliner Kunstpreis, Berlin’s top art prize. 

Bringing a critical perspective to Spahlinger’s life and work, this monograph provides an essential reference for scholars of new music and twentieth-century modernism.

About the Authors

Neil Thomas Smith is a composer and postdoctoral researcher at the Maastricht Centre for the Innovation of Classical Music in the Netherlands. He lives in Edinburgh. 

Martin Iddon is a musicologist and composer and a lecturer at the University of Leeds.