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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation + Musique exécutée. Parole énoncée : audio
Auteur(s) : Vollsnes, Arvid O.. Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : Ludvig Irgens-Jensen [Multimédia multisupport] : the life and music of a Norwegian composer / Arvid O. Vollsnes ; translated by Beryl Foster
Traduction de : Komponisten Ludvig Irgens-Jensen
Édition : English edition
Publication : [London] : Toccata Press, copyright 2014
Description matérielle : 368 pages : illustrations, music, portraits ; 24 cm
1 disque compact
Note(s) : Discography, pages 341-344. - Includes bibliographical references and indexes
The Norwegian composer Ludvig Irgens-Jensen (1894-1969) was one of the towering creative
figures of his native land, although his dignified and powerful music is only now
beginning to receive the attention its quality deserves. The success of his dramatic
symphony Heimferd (æHomecoming') in 1930 brought him national fame, but the post-War
triumph of modernism, coupled with his personal modesty, pushed Irgens-Jensen's tonal
music into the shadows: its contrapuntally based textures and its modally tinged harmonies
were seen as things of the past. But a growing number of recordings is reminding listeners
that he was one of the most distinguished and distinctive voices in twentieth-century
music - a figure of international importance, writing music of striking nobility and
strength of purpose with some meltingly lovely melodic lines ; Arvid O. Vollsnes'
Ludvig lrgens-Jensen: The Life and Music of a Norwegian Composer is the first discussion
in English of this profoundly decent man and his life-enhancing music. A review of
the original Norwegian publication of this book in Aftenposten, the main Norwegian
daily paper, described it as a gripping biographical portrait. As well as Irgens-Jensen's
life we get a broad picture of Norwegian musical life from the 1920s to his death
in 1969'. A CD of extracts from Irgens-Jensen's works has been prepared to accompany
the English edition to provide readers with an introduction to his highly individual
and immediately appealing sound-world. --Book Jacket
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Foster, Beryl. Traducteur
Sujet(s) : Irgens-Jensen, Ludvig (1894-1969)
Genre ou forme : enregistrement parlé
musique classique > musique contemporaine (depuis 1945)
Biographie
Circuit de distribution : édition commerciale
Indice(s) Dewey :
780.92 (23e éd.) = Musique - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780907689737. - ISBN 0907689736
Référence(s) commerciale(s) : TOCC 0148 (Toccata Press)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45323267n
Notice n° :
FRBNF45323267
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