Musical Portraits

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Musical Portraits is written by Joshua S. Walden and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0190653523 (ISBN 10) and 9780190653521 (ISBN 13).

Joshua S. Walden's study of the genre of musical portraiture since 1945 focuses on significant composers of the period, including Pierre Boulez, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, and György Ligeti. Grounding his exploration in key works, Walden uncovers contemporary understandings of music's capacity to depict identity, and of intersections between music, literature, theater, film, and the visual arts.