Jennifer Higdon
Composing in Color
- Author: Reitz, Christina L.
Jennifer Higdon
Composing in Color
- Author: Reitz, Christina L.
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About
Renowned composer Jennifer Higdon is best known for her symphonic pieces blue cathedral, Concerto for Orchestra, City Scape, Concerto 4-3 and Violin Concerto (2010 Pulitzer Prize). These compositions illustrate her breadth of style and avant-garde technique. The author examines these works--with commentary by Higdon--as well as the music of her first opera, with a focus on compositional history, musical characteristics, formal analysis and critical reception.
Contents
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword by Marin Alsop
- Preface
- One. Biography and Orchestral Compositional Traits
- Two. blue cathedral
- Three. Concerto for Orchestra
- Four. City Scape
- Five. Concerto 4–3
- Six. Violin Concerto
- Seven. Cold Mountain
- Eight. Cold Mountain: The Music
- Codetta
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
