Interpreting compositional process in Wolfgang Rihm's Chiffre cycle

McGregor, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6685-2589 (2007) Interpreting compositional process in Wolfgang Rihm's Chiffre cycle. Frankfurter Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft, 10 . pp. 26-70.

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Abstract

In Rihm's output the Chiffre works occupy a pivotal position. Despite some prefiguring in certain earlier works, such as the last movement of the fourth quartet, these are works which, as he has said, embody a conscious search for a musical language, a means of expression ('Die Stücke … sind Versuche, eine Musiksprache zu finden').1 The purpose of this article is to try to define key elements of the compositional process which Rihm developed through the Chiffre works.

Item Type:	Article
Journal / Publication Title:	Frankfurter Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft
Publisher:	European Journal of Musicology
ISSN:	1438-857X
Departments:	Academic Departments > Institute of Education (IOE) > Secondary PGCE
Depositing User:	Insight Administrator
Date Deposited:	27 Jul 2010 15:24
Last Modified:	16 Apr 2025 08:00
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/195

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