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Orality and Rhetoric in Scelsi's Music (2009)
Journal Article
Dickson, I. (2009). Orality and Rhetoric in Scelsi's Music. Twentieth-Century Music, 6(01), 23-41. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1478572210000046

In his later music Giacinto Scelsi rejected the mediation of notation, improvising his works and viewing the scores, produced mostly by assistants, as a mere record. But to what extent did he really transcend the ‘tyranny of writing’ and how might on... Read More about Orality and Rhetoric in Scelsi's Music.