The Sea on Fire: Jean Barraqué

by Paul Griffiths

Jean Barraqu is increasingly being recognized as one of the great composers of the second half of the 20th century. Though he left only seven works, his voice in each of them is unmistakeable, and powerful. He had no doubt of his responsibility, as a creator, to take his listeners on challenging adventures that could not but leave them changed. After the collapse of morality he had witnessed as a child growing up during the Second World War, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580461417
• ISBN13: 9781580461412
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"