Mathias Spahlinger

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By Neil T. Smith

Series: Critical Guides to Contemporary Composers

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Mathias Spahlinger is the first comprehensive English study of the German composer Mathias Spahlinger, a leading figure in contemporary music renowned for his provocative and politically engaged compositions. The book explores Spahlinger's unique negotiation of modernist musical legacies intertwined with passionate philosophical and political concerns, illustrating his status as a major post-WWII modernist voice. It serves as an essential scholarly resource, providing detailed analyses of Spahlinger's influential works and situating them within broader cultural and political contexts.
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This book is ideal for scholars and students of new music, twentieth-century modernism, and those interested in the interrelation of politics and contemporary composition.

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 Ranciére and the continuing discourses of modernism. The first study on Spahlinger to be published in English. 36 b/w figs.

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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.

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By Neil T. Smith

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Neil Thomas Smith's book not only fills a notable gap in English-language scholarship but also places Spahlinger's work within a rich cultural and political framework. The detailed examination of Spahlinger's compositions offers invaluable insights for composers and scholars alike, highlighting how his distinctive works continue to captivate the international artistic community.

— Jonas Baes, Popular Music

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789387544

Publisher: Intellect

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 March 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Intellect Books

Edition: New edition

Illustration: 40 Halftones, black and white

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Series edited by Martin Iddon

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 208

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Arts & Culture Neil T. Smith Non-Fiction Series: Critical Guides to Contemporary Composers

About the Author

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

Martin Iddon is a musicologist and composer. He studied musicology and composition at the University of Durham and University of Cambridge with John Butt and Ian Cross (musicology), as well as Robin Holloway and Fabrice Fitch (composition), and has studied composition privately with Chaya Czernowin, Steven Kazuo Takasugi, Ole Lützow-Holm and Steve Martland. His articles have been published in journals such as Musical Quarterly, Twentieth-Century Music and Contemporary Music Review. His music has been performed in Great Britain, Germany, Canada, Spain, Italy and the USA, and has been shortlisted by Sound and Music. He currently lectures at the University of Leeds.

Mathias Spahlinger