Amanda Bayley

• Bath Spa University

This study examines the creative layers and continuities evident within the composition and rehearsal processes of Nicole Lizée’s Golden Age of the Radiophonic Workshop (Fibre-Optic Flowers), written for the Kronos Quartet in 2012. Lizée’s compositional approach to the historic and the new, and the mechanical and the human, are interpreted through...

Within the tradition of western classical music, research into rehearsal processes often focuses on the pivotal relationship between notation and performance. In this article, analysis of an audio recording of the Kreutzer Quartet's single rehearsal of Michael Finnissy's Second String Quartet in 2007 provides the starting point for exploring intera...

This study focuses on Michel Finnissy’s composition process for his Second String Quartet of 2006-2007. The main sources of this study are the semi-structured interviews with the composer that were conducted over more than two years, during as well as after the composing of the work. The recording of the interactions between the composer and the in...

This exploration of the relationship between physicality and philosophy, and their combined and respective roles in defining the grotesque in Bartók’s music, makes for captivating reading. The narrative proceeds from historical and cultural contexts in the first two chapters to specific case studies of The Miraculous Mandarin and the Third String Q...