BiblioGlassy

Philip Glass

Music by Philip Glass

1987-1998

© GlassPages, 1997-1999

Original Book Cover (1987)

UK Book Cover (1988)

Italian Book Cover (1993)

USA Reprint Book Cover (1995)

German Book Cover (1998)

References

• Original Title: Music by Philip Glass.
• Title of UK Edition: Opera on the Beach: Philip Glass On His New World of Music Theatre.
• Title of Italian Edition: Philip Glass: La Mia Musica.
• Title of German Edition: Musik: Philip Glass.
• Author: Philip Glass.
• Edited and with supplementary material by Robert T. Jones.
• First published in 1987 by Harper & Row, New York, USA with 15 color pictures and 37 black & white.
• First published in UK in 1988 by Faber and Faber Limited, London with 15 color pictures and 37 black & white.
• First published in Italy in 1993 by Edizioni Socrates, Rome. Translated to Italian language by Leda Spiller with the addition of a new foreword by Philip Glass, an essay by Germano Celant, an updated music catalog and discography with 26 color pictures and 56 black & white.
• Reprinted in USA in 1995 by Da Capo Press, Inc. with the addition of a new foreword and an updated music catalog and discography with 52 pictures all black & white.
• First published in Germany in 1998 by Sargos Verlag, Berlin. Translated to German language by Dhanya Helmi Komarek and Raffael Boriés with a new foreword by Raffael Boriés, an updated discography, music catalog and bibliography with 15 color pictures and 37 black & white.
• © 1987 by Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc.
• New foreword in 1995 Da Capo Press Edition © 1995 by Philip Glass.
• ISBN: 0-060-15823-9 (1987 USA Edition).
• ISBN: 0-571-14800-X (1988 UK Edition).
• ISBN: 88-7202-003-4 (1993 Italian Edition).
• ISBN: 0-306-80636-3 (1995 USA Edition).
• ISBN: 3-928390-05-8 (1998 German Edition).

Contents (1995 USA Edition)

vii. Foreword by Philip Glass.
 xi. Introduction by Robert T. Jones.
003. Apprenticeship of Sorts.
027. Einstein on the Beach.
087. Satyagraha.
135. Akhnaten.
197. Some Other Music.
211. Music Catalog.
218. Discography.
222. Index.

Total Pages 228 (1995 USA Edition).

Total Pages 224 (1988 UK Edition).

Total Pages 424 (1993 Italian Edition).

Total Pages 336 (1998 German Edition).

Notes (1995 USA Edition)

In 1975 Philip Glass's music was largely ignored by the more traditional, contemporary classical music world. He had no record contract and was unable to perform outside art galleries and performance spaces. Today Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha and Akhnaten have become three of the most performed and highly regarded of 20th-century operras, enjoyed by audiences for their evocative meditations on men who altered the course of history through their inner vissions. As a result, Philip Glass has emerged as today's most significant and innovative American composer.

In Music by Philip Glass, he tells of his musical struggle and growth, from the Juilliard School, through his studies in Paris with the great teacher Nadia Boulanger (whose other students included Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson) and working with Ravi Shankar to "translate" his scores for Western musicians, to his immersion in the avant-garde theater of Mabou Mines, LaMama and Robert Wilson. Here are the sudden obstacles and enormous toil involved in mounting and performing his three revolutionary operas, as well as the full libretti and discussions of the music by the composer. Equally revealing are his reflections on the succesful Glassworks, Songs from Liquid Days, and the film scores for Koyaanisqatsi and Mishima. With a new foreword, new photos, and updated discography, Music by Philip Glass remains an essential companion for avid Glass listeners or for anyone interested in rhythmically rich, epic, cutting-edge music.

Notes (1988 UK Edition)

Philip Glass has emerged as the outstanding American composer of his generation. Spanning the words of rock, ethnic and classical music, he appeals to a vast and diverse audience. His records are hits, he packs the opera houses.

In this enthralling autobiography Glass describes his apprenticeship with Nadia Boulanger and his studies with Ravi Shankar, his ostracism from the classical mainstream, the birth of 'minimalist' music, the creation of the Philip Glass Ensemble, and the rise of his music and operas to worldwide fame.

There are exciting accounts of Einstein on the Beach, Satyagraha (about Gandhi), and Akhnaten, a sell-out success with the English National Opera. Every major work is described in jargon-free language and Glass's revolutionary ideas about contemporary music-theatre emerge powerfully, and challengingly.

This book is the story of a true innovator who has stuck to his beliefs in the face of prejudice, misunderstanding and hostility. It is his testimony.

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