{"product_id":"mathias-spahlinger-paperback","title":"Mathias Spahlinger - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeil T. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartin Iddon\u003c\/b\u003e (Other)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 on the new music scene on Germany, he has long been a touchstone for leftist, 'critical' composition there, yet his work has received very little attention in Anglophone scholarship until now. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBorn in 1944, Spahlinger has risen only gradually to prominence in his native Germany and for many years was considered an outsider within the contemporary music scene. Yet, his position as one of the most venerable exponents of post-WWII modernism in his homeland is now 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 Gro en Berliner Kunstpreis (Berlin Art Prize - Grand Prize) from the city's Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpahlinger is, however, becoming increasingly known as a significant figure within later twentieth-century music - in 2015, a festival in Chicago focused exclusively on his music, and he was a keynote speaker at a conference on \u003cem\u003eCompositional Aesthetics and the Political\u003c\/em\u003e at Goldsmiths, University of London.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis new book provides an essential reference for scholars of new music and twentieth-century modernism. There are no other book-length studies of Spahlinger in English, though there is a monograph and a book of essays in German, and books of interviews. This original work promises a more critical perspective upon the composer and his aesthetics and political ideas compared to previous publications. The illustrations include musical examples.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIts primary market will be a specialist musicological readership, including academics, researchers and composers, but the writing style such that it could be accessible also to undergraduates interested in the field. The discussion of aesthetic debates in post-war Germany, and the interesting reading of the work of Jacques Rancière, means that it could also have significant appeal across the disciplines of philosophy and critical theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeil Thomas Smith \u003c\/b\u003eis a composer and postdoctoral researcher at the Maastricht Centre for the Innovation of Classical Music in the Netherlands. He lives in Edinburgh. \u003cb\u003eMartin Iddon\u003c\/b\u003e is a musicologist and composer and lecturer at the University of Leeds. His articles have been published in \u003ci\u003eMusical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Twentieth-Century Music\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eContemporary Music Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.5 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51855849783584,"sku":"9781789387544","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/abiOLO0dHM9781789387544.webp?v=1781542518","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mathias-spahlinger-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}