Anders Beyer 
The Voice of Music [EPUB ebook] 
Conversations with Composers of Our Time

This title was first published in 2000. Extensive and generously illustrated interviews have been a feature of the lively Danish music periodical ‘Dansk Musik Tidsskrift’ (Danish Music Review) since the 1960s. Now a long-standing tradition, these ‘conversations’ with influential composers from all over the world are prepared by professional musicians and experienced writers on music. This volume is a collection of interviews selected from issues published since 1990 by Anders Beyer, the journal»s editor-in-chief. The book gives an up-to-date picture of the North European musical perspectives through interviews with composers from each of the Nordic countries. These are further complemented by interviews with trend-setting composers from the rest of Europe and America. The interviews have been edited and translated into English to make them accessible to a wider audience. The volume features interviews with composers including Erik Bergman, Tikhon Chrennikov, Edison Denisov, Hans Gerfors, Philip Glass, Sofia Gubaidulina and Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen.