Research Catalog

Title

Einstein on the beach : opera beyond drama / edited by Jelena Novak and John Richardson.

Publication

• London ; New York : Routledge, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Novak, Jelena, 1974-
• Richardson, John, 1964-

Description

xxxvi, 314 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, music; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera

Uniform Title

Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera.

Subject

• Glass, Philip
• Einstein on the beach (Choreographic work : Wilson)
• Einstein on the beach (Glass, Philip)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-300) and index.

Contents

Foreword : Music and culture in the wake of Einstein / by Susan McClary -- Introduction / John Richardson and Jelena Novak -- Knee chapter 1. Paying attention to Einstein : Philip Glass interviewed by John Richardson -- Part 1. Einstein on the shores of culture. Einstein on the radio / Robert Fink ; Sous les pavés, la plage / Johannes Birringer ; Einstein on the beach in Belgrade : a critical testimony / Miško Šuvaković -- Knee chapter 2. Einstein on the beach is not radical, it is classic : Robert Wilson interviewed by Bojan Djordjev -- Part 2. From repetition to representation. Intuition and algorithm in Einstein on the beach / Kyle Gann ; "Only pictures to hear" : reading Einstein on the beach through experimental theater / Pwyll Ap Siôn ; Creating beauty in chaos : Robert Wilson's visual authorship in Einstein on the beach / Avra Sidiropoulou -- Knee chapter 3. Stay out of the way of Bob Wilson when he dances : Lucinda Childs interviewed by Jelena Novak -- Part 3. Beyond drama : surfaces and agencies of performance. Heavenly bodies : the integral role of dance in Einstein on the beach / Leah G. Weinberg ; Anonymous voice, sound, indifference / Zeynep Bulut -- Knee chapter 4. Artists recall and respond. Under the influence--Philip Glass / Suzanne Vega ; Two Finnish composers reminisce : Juhani Nuorvala, Petri Kuljuntausta ; Rehearsing Einstein on the beach / Tom Johnson ; Two steps forwards but three steps back, and then one step forwards again--Peter Greenaway interviewed by John Richardson -- Part 4. Operatic machines and their ghosts. Leaving and re-entering : punctuating Einstein on the beach / Sander van Maas ; Historia Einsteinalium : from the beach to the church, via theater and "state bank" / Jelena Novak -- Knee chapter 5. Critical excavations. How democratic baroque came about in dance and Einstein on the beach / Peter T'Jonck ; Einstein in the press / Fritz van der Waa -- Appendix 1. Robert Wilson, Einstein on the beach, storyboard drawings -- Appendix 2. Einstein on the beach, spoken texts.

Call Number

JNE 20-104

ISBN

• 9781472473707
• 1472473701
• 9781315578989 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

949987921

Title

Einstein on the beach : opera beyond drama / edited by Jelena Novak and John Richardson.

Publisher

London ; New York : Routledge, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

notated music

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera

Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-300) and index.

Local Note

ED: NOVA UNIVERSITY OF LISBON.

Added Author

Novak, Jelena, 1974- editor.

Richardson, John, 1964- editor.

Research Call Number

JNE 20-104