PERSPECTIVES ON THE MUSIC OF CHRISTOPHER FOX: Straight Lines in Broken Times.

First edition, first printing. Original illustrated paper covered boards. Issued without dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Bumped to the upper spine, and with a small (c. 1 cm) scratch to the fore edge of the front panel. "Christopher Fox has emerged as one of the most fascinating composers of the post-war generation. His spirit of experimentalism pervades an oeuvre in which he has blithely created his own version of a range of contemporary musical practices. In his work many of the major expressions of European cultural activity - Darmstadt, Fluxus, spectralism, postminimalism and more - are assimilated to produce a voice which is uniquely resonant and multifaceted. In this, the first major study of his work, musicologists, composers, thinkers and practitioners [including Claudia Molitor, Roger Heaton, Philip Thomas, and Fox himself] scrutinize aspects of Christopher Fox's music, each exploring elements that relate to their own distinct areas of practice, tracing Fox's compositional trajectory and situating it within post-war contemporary European music practice. Above all this book addresses the question: How can one person dip his fingers into so many paint pots and yet retain a coherent compositional vision? The range of Fox's musical concerns make his work of interest to anyone who wants to study the development of so-called new music spanning the latter twentieth century into the twenty first century" (from the cover). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…