Table of Contents

Introduction,
Part One - The Past,
1. The lost memory: the enigma of the early music,
2. 'Further and beyond': aspects of Varèse’s developing aesthetic,
3. 'All'illustro futuro': Wronski to Busoni,
Part Two - New Worlds,
4. From the Seine to Brooklyn Bridge,
5. Flowering crystals,
6. A new star and a new heaven,
Part Three - Microcosm and Macrocosm,
7. Nova and Ion,
8. Path of the lightning,
9. Lost in space,
Part Four - All alone in the night,
10. Deserts of the mind,
11. Inquisition,
12. Beyond the night,
Bibliography,
Index

About the Author

As well as Varèse - Astronomer in Sound, musicologist Malcolm MacDonald wrote several books notably titles on Brahms, Schoenberg, John Foulds and a three-volume analysis of Havergal Brian's 32 symphonies. He contributed many articles to The New Grove, was the editor of the contemporary music journal Tempo and was a regular reviewer for The Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine and International Record Review.

Reviews

'...exactly the sort of general book which every modern master needs…' - Hugh Wood, Times Literary Supplement; '...an essential acquisition for any library…' - Nigel Simeone, Musical Times; '… an indispensible book on essential music …' - Max Harrison, Musical Opinion; '… eloquent in style and powerful in argument …' - Arnold Whitall, Gramophone