Orientations: Collected Writings Tapa dura - 1986

Hardback. Very Good.

Faber & Faber, 1986-07-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.8071 in x 23.3503 in x 16.4975 in.

London: Faber & Faber, 1986. Jacket has light edge wear with 1 inch tear to corner. Book clean and tight.. First Edition. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Faber & Faber, 1986. 541pp. Translated by Martin Cooper. Originally published in French. Edited by Jean-Jacques Nattiez. A trifle handled.. 1st UK edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

1986. London / Boston, Faber and Faber, 1986. 16 cm x 24 cm. 541 pages. Some black and white diagrams and bars of music throughout. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector's Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: Aesthetics and the Fetishists / Time, Notation and Coding / The Composer as Critic / An Interview with Dominique Jameux / Experiment, Ostriches and Music / Why I say 'No' to Malraux / The Bauhaus Model / Arousing Interest in New Music / Freeing Music etc. Also includes chapters dedicated to many composers such as Beethoven, Wagner, Mahler, Satie, Schoenberg, Bartók, Stravinsky etc and tributes to Wolfgang Steinecke, Edgar Varese, T.W. Adorno, Bruno Maderna and a few others.

1986. London, Faber & Faber Ltd, 1986. Octavo. 452 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes the following contents: - Translator's Note - Martin Cooper / On Reading Boulez - Jean-Jacques Nattiez / The Shaping Imagination / Exemplars / Looking Back / The Elleptical Geometry of Utopia etc. "Pierre Boulez is arguably the single most influential - and controversial - figure in the world of contemporary music. As composer, conductor and personality, his challenging views of modern developments are lent a special authority by his very high standing as an interpreter of great composers like Wagner, Debussy, Bartok and Stravinsky. This collection of writings enhances his unrivalled reputation as a lucid and compelling expositor of the modern composer's world". (Amazon).