Xenakis Creates in Architecture and Music

The Reynolds Desert House

Roger Reynolds (Univeristy of California, USA), Karen Reynolds

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Routledge
05 November 2021

The Arts: General & Reference; Theory of music & musicology; 20th century & contemporary classical music; Orchestras; The environment

Xenakis Creates in Architecture and Music describes the collaborative interaction of internationally acclaimed composer Roger Reynolds, musician Karen Reynolds, and musically inspired composer, engineer, and architect Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) to create a house design, The Reynolds Desert House. The process combined aesthetics and intuition with mathematical systems, showcasing how art and science are balanced—by way of music and architecture—to address the essential technical aspects of music along with the role of emotion and energy. The book analyzes three representative chamber works and presents a trove of primary sources: letters, diaries, notes, photographs, sketches, and person-to-person conversations. What emerges are patterns of direct parallels between how Xenakis characterized the process of musical creation and his design of The Reynolds Desert House. Xenakis Creates in Architecture and Music is a testament to the singularly innovative and creative mind of Iannis Xenakis.

Supplementary materials—including color reproductions of black and white images in the book—can be found at: www.rogerreynolds.com/xenakisreynoldsroutledge.html

By: Roger Reynolds (Univeristy of California USA), Karen Reynolds
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 675g
ISBN: 9780367714772
ISBN 10: 0367714779
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 05 November 2021
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Chronicle of a Friendship / 2. Beginnings: Considering Elements in Xenakis’s Early Sketches / 3. Foundations / 4. Using Space / 5. Illumination / 6. Precedents / 7. Some Closer Looks / 8. Creation: A Personal Assessment

"Roger Reynolds is University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Music at the University of California, San Diego. He was awarded the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his composition for string orchestra, ""Whispers Out of Time."" Karen Reynolds is a committed musician and arts activist. She has served as a performing flutist, a co-organizer of festivals in the US and abroad, and as a graphic designer."