New Music

Books on new music, contemporary composition, sound theory, music aesthetics, and perspectives from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Facets of the Second Modernity

Ten composers reflect on a new aesthetic: on the way to a second modernism in music and thought.

24,00 €

Vom instrumentalen zum imaginären Theater

Insights into Kagel’s thinking and compositional process: lectures, texts, and a DVD explore his body of work, which spans sound theater, irony, and musical radicalism.

24,00 €

Hans Zender

A polyphonic look at the life and work of the composer Hans Zender.

19,00 €

Words on Music / Worte zur Musik

Bilingual edition of Morton Feldman's lectures and conversations, 1985-1987.

60,00 €

Bernd Alois Zimmermann

This volume documents Bernd Alois Zimmermann's artistic path with early letters, diary excerpts, essays and an archive index.

19,00 €

Elsa Cavelti

The book traces Cavelti's work in a gripping way.

19,00 €

Zwischen »musique pure« und religiösem Bekenntnis

For the first time, Stravinsky's aesthetics are comprehensively examined as a fascinating interweaving of purism, eclecticism, and religious subtext.

44,00 €

Die Humanität der Musik

On the relationship of music to humanity in inhuman times.

29,00 €

Nonsequiturs / Unlogische Folgerungen

Writings and lectures on improvisation, composition, and interpretation.

38,00 €

Komposition zwischen Musik und Theater

An analysis of Kagel's early instrumental theater shows how sound and image merge into an intermedia aesthetic.

44,00 €

Der Gesang als Asyl

A fragmentary song project created in exile, stylistically diverse and interpreted from Schönberg's thinking.

34,00 €

Begegnungen mit Barbara Heller

This first book about the versatile musician Barbara Heller documents the musician's journey from her beginnings to the present day.

29,00 €

Die Sammlung Bálint András Varga

This volume presents Bálint András Varga's unique collection of composers' drawings, interviews and manuscripts from the 20th century.

19,00 €

Critical Composition Today

What is critical composition today? This book explores its role in the context of modernism, politics, and postmodern challenges.

22,00 €

Können eiserne Brücken nicht schön sein?

Can technology be part of the artistic substance in music or is it merely used as an aid or tool for the production of art?

29,00 €

Können eiserne Brücken nicht schön sein?

Can technology be part of the artistic substance in music or is it merely used as an aid or tool for the production of art?

12,80 €