{"product_id":"9780571334278-music-lessons","title":"Music Lessons","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Collège de France Lectures\u003cbr\u003eFirst publication in English of an extraordinary and prestigious series of Lectures given by Pierre Boulez, arguably the most influential composer of the second half of the last century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePierre Boulez was appointed to the Collège de France in 1976, with the chair devoted to 'Invention, technique and language in Music', and he held his position until 1995. The publication of his extraordinary Collège de France lectures, his most significant writings from the 1970s to the 1990s, will make a major contribution to the discussion in English about Boulez's aesthetic legacy. His goal in\u003ci\u003e Leçons de musique \u003c\/i\u003eis to express his conception of musical language, laid out over the course of nearly twenty years of lecturing. He is thinking about the possible paths musical thought could take, as well as the musical legacy of the past\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to composers, music historians, theorists, and music students, this book will be invaluable to those interested in the history and aesthetics of 20th century music, musical manifestations of artistic modernism, the history of ideas, and French intellectual and cultural history. Faber have been Pierre Boulez's publisher since 1986 - previous books include \u003ci\u003eOrientations, Boulez on Music Today \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBoulez on Conducting\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e'Boulez's achievements in changing every part of the fabric of classical musical culture all over the world are indelible.' Tom Service, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450578743670,"sku":"9780571334278","price":31.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36331049.jpg?v=1760453487","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571334278-music-lessons","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}