Thomas Adès and the Dilemmas of Musical Surrealism

Discussions of the music of Thomas Adès (b. 1971) have seized on the idea of “surrealism” as an explanatory means to characterize music from across his career. This essay traces the development and emergence of the aesthetic of surrealism in the reception of Adès’s music and considers surrealism’s...

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Main Author: Drew Massey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2018-11-01
Series:Gli Spazi della Musica
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Online Access:https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/spazidellamusica/article/view/2998