Árni Heimir Ingólfsson 
Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland [EPUB ebook] 

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In Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland, Árni Heimir Ingólfsson provides a striking account of the dramatic career of Iceland’s iconic composer. Leifs (1899–1968) was the first Icelander to devote himself fully to composition at a time when a local music scene was only beginning to take form. He was a fervent nationalist in his art, fashioning an idiosyncratic and uncompromising ‘Icelandic’ sound from traditions of vernacular music with the aim to legitimize Iceland as an independent, culturally empowered nation.

In addition to exploring Leifs’s career, Ingólfsson provides detailed descriptions of Leifs’s major works and their cultural contexts. Leifs’s music was inspired by the Icelandic landscape and includes auditory depictions of volcanos, geysers, and waterfalls. The raw quality of his orchestral music is frequently enhanced by an expansive percussion section, including anvils, stones, sirens, bells, ships’ chains, shotguns, and cannons.

Largely neglected in his own lifetime, Leifs’s music has been rediscovered in recent years and hailed as a singular and deeply original contribution to twentieth-century music. Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland enriches our understanding and appreciation of Leifs and his music by exploring the political, literary and environmental contexts that influenced his work.

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Acknowledgments

Note on Spelling and Naming

Introduction

1. The Land Without Music (1899–1916)

2. Years of Study (1916–1921)

3. Composer and Conductor (1921–1929)

4. Leifs and the Elements of an Icelandic Style

5. Icelandic Nation-Building and the 1930 Alþingi Festival (1929–1933)

6. ‘This Music Belongs to Us’ (1933–1937)

7. Dinosaurs in Berlin (1937–1944)

8. Guilt and Retribution (1944–1955)

9. The Final Years (1955–1968)

Postlude: Revival and Influence

Appendix: List of Jón Leifs Completed Works

Selected Bibliography

Index

Circa l’autore


Árni Heimir Ingólfsson is Artistic Advisor of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Visiting Professor at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. He is the author of Jón Leifs—Líf í tónum, which was nominated for the Icelandic Book Award.

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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 400 ● ISBN 9780253044068 ● Dimensione 57.5 MB ● Casa editrice Indiana University Press ● Città Bloomington ● Paese US ● Pubblicato 2019 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 7199608 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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