Издания и произведения

Даже если вы не слышали имени Филипа Гласса, вы, несомненно, слушали его музыку, когда смотрели фильмы «Фантастическая четверка», «Мечта Кассандры», «Иллюзионист», «Забирая жизни», «Тайное окно», «Часы», «Шоу Трумена», «Кундун», а также «Елена» и «Левиафан» Андрея Звягинцева. В книге, написанной к своему восьмидесятилетию, крупнейший американский композитор-минималист — создатель экспериментальных опер-портретов «Эйнштейн на пляже», «Сатьяграха» (о Махатме Ганди), «Эхнатон», «Галилео Галилей», «Кеплер», соавтор Рави Шанкара, реформатор симфонического языка постмодерна, оказавший влияние на Дэвида Боуи и Брайана Ино, — оглядывается на свою…

Philip Glass has, almost single-handedly, crafted the dominant sound of late-twentieth-century classical music. Yet in Words Without Music, his critically acclaimed memoir, he creates an entirely new and unexpected voice, that of a born storyteller and an acutely insightful chronicler, whose behind-the-scenes recollections allow readers to experience those moments of creative fusion when life so magically merged with art. From his childhood in Baltimore to his student days in Chicago and at Juilliard, to his first journey to Paris and a life-changing trip to India, Glass movingly recalls his early mentors, while reconstructing the places…

Rapturous in its ability to depict the creative process, Words Without Music allows readers to experience that sublime moment of creative fusion when life merges with art. Biography lovers will be inspired by the story of a precocious Baltimore boy, the son of a music-shop owner, who entered college at age fifteen, before traveling to Paris to study under the legendary Nadia Boulanger; Glass devotees will be fascinated by the stories behind Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha, among so many other works. Whether recalling his experiences working at Bethlehem Steel, traveling in India, driving a cab in 1970s New York, or his professional…

Rapturous in its ability to depict the creative process, Words Without Music allows readers to experience that sublime moment of creative fusion when life merges with art. Biography lovers will be inspired by the story of a precocious Baltimore boy, the son of a music-shop owner, who entered college at age fifteen, before traveling to Paris to study under the legendary Nadia Boulanger; Glass devotees will be fascinated by the stories behind Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha, among so many other works. Whether recalling his experiences working at Bethlehem Steel, traveling in India, driving a cab in 1970s New York, or his professional…