Thomas Adès Studies

Edward Venn is Professor of Music at the University of Leeds. He is author of Thomas Adès: Asyla (2017) and The Music of Hugh Wood (2008) and has published many book chapters and journal articles on the analysis and interpretation of twentieth-century and contemporary music. He is editor of the journal Music Analysis. Philip Stoecker is Professor of Music at Hofstra University. His research focuses on post-tonal theory and analysis, and the music of Thomas Adès, George Perle, and the Second Viennese School. He has published numerous journal articles on the music of the twentieth century.

'the most comprehensive analytical account to date on the music of this living composer … a wonderfully integrated volume discussing all of the composer's major works …' Society for Music Theory Awards Committee

• 1. 'Chronically Volatile': Gesture in Adès's Living Toys and America: a Prophecy Philip Rupprecht; 2. Performing Adès Edward Venn with Henry Weekes; 3. 'Fountain of Youth', 'River of Meaning': Aesthetics of the Superficial in Powder Her Face Nicholas David Stevens; 4. 'Oh Brave New Caliban': Postcolonial Perspectives on Adès's The Tempest Jane Forner; 5. Chaconnes in the Music of Adès Philip Stoecker; 6. Closing the Circle? Tevot and the Question of Symphonic Resolution Richard Powell; 7. A World in Constant Motion: Adès's in Seven Days Amy Bauer; 8. Musique Automatique? Adèsian Automata and the Logic of Disjuncture Brian Moseley; 9. Narrating the Dance of Death: Morality and Social Critique in Adès's Totentanz Scott Lee; 10. Hearing Voices in Adès's Operas Emma Gallon; 11. The Rich Logic of Adès's the Exterminating Angel and The Tempest John Roeder; 12. Sonic Allegory in Adès's the Exterminating Angel Yayoi Uno Everett; Index.