Walden, Joshua S. - Musical Portraits

Joshua S. Walden's study of the genre of musical portraiture since 1945 focuses on significant composers of the period, including Pierre Boulez, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, and Gyorgy Ligeti. Grounding his exploration in key works, Walden uncovers contemporary understandings of music's capacity to depict identity, and of intersections between music, literature, theater, film, and the visual arts.

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CONTENTS

Introduction: Portraiture as a Musical Genre
Chapter 1: Musical and Literary Portraiture
Chapter 2: Musical Portraits of Visual Artists
Chapter 3: Listening in on Composers' Self-Portraits
Chapter 4: Celebrity, Music, and the Multimedia Portrait
Epilogue: Musical Portraiture, the Posthumous, and the Posthuman
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