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Conversations with Iannis Xenakis Bálint András Varga is head of promotions at Universal Edition in Vienna. He has written widely on contemporary composers, including Berio, Kurtág and Lutoslawski. Conversations with Iannis Xenakis Bálint András Varga f i faberandfaber First published in 1996 by Faber and Faber Limited 3 Queen Square London w cin 3AU Designed by Fiumphrey Stone Photoset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk Printed in England by Clays Ltd, St Ives pic All rights reserved © Bálint András Varga, 1996 Bálint András Varga is hereby identified as author of this work in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 This hook is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0-571-17959-2 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Susan Bradshaw and Paul Griffiths in friendship and gratitude Contents conversations: 1980 1 Preface 3 1 Biography 7 2 Interludium (Confession) 47 3 Roots 50 4 The Compositions - a Preliminary 61 5 Theories - Compositions 72 6 On Space, Ballets, Incidental Music, Vocal Works and Games 97 7 Tape Music. Polytope-Diatope no 8 EMAMu/CEMAMu 118 9 On Teaching 123 10 On the Role of Art 126 11 On Immortality, Intelligence, Concentration and Other Subjects 128 1989 135 c o n v e r sa t io n s: Preface 137 x Impressions and Comments 140 2 Ais I 161 3 Ais II (Cogito ergo sum) 166 4 From Serment to Taurhiphanie 170 5 UPIC 194 6 Theories 199 7 Form and Shapes 203 8 Space and Acoustics 208 9 The Composer in Society 211 Notes 215 Chronological List of Compositions 220 Index of Titles 242 Discography 244 Bibliography 247 Index 249
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