Product Description: This is the first book to explore the manifestation of myth, magic and mysticism in music since 1920 against a background of the emergent literary movement that has become known as magic realism. The problematic and much debated term, magic realism, has been used in the context of literary and visual arts criticism, as well as that of contemporary cinema, but its relationship to the field of musical composition has been largely overlooked...read more

Product Description: Pianist and scholar Rae presents a detailed study of composer Maurice Ohana's life and music, and identifies the procedures that characterize his mature style. In the initial chapters, she provides a biographical overview and sets his work in its musical and cultural context, in particular examinin...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)