How Long to Read Music Lessons

How Long Does it Take to Read Music Lessons?

It takes the average reader 11 hours and 53 minutes to read Music Lessons by Pierre Boulez

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The eminent French composer’s groundbreaking lectures, available for the first time in English: “a major event” (Alex Ross). Music Lessons collects the yearly lectures of French composer Pierre Boulez, prepared for the Collège de France between 1976 and 1995. These lectures offer a sustained intellectual engagement with themes of creativity in music by a widely influential cultural figure, who has long been central to the conversation around contemporary music. In his essays Boulez explores the process through which a musical idea is realized in a full-fledged composition; the complementary roles of craft and inspiration; the degree to which the memory of other musical works can influence and change the act of creation; and other deeply fascinating topics. Boulez also gives a penetrating account of problems in classical music that are still present today, such as the crippling conservatism of many musical institutions. Woven into the discussion are stories of Boulez’s own compositions and those of fellow composers whose work he championed, as both a critic and conductor: from Stravinsky to Stockhausen and Varèse, from Bartók to Berg, Debussy to Mahler and Wagner, and all the way back to Bach. This edition includes a foreword by Jean-Jacques Nattiez and a preface by Jonathan Goldman.

How long is Music Lessons?

Music Lessons by Pierre Boulez is 689 pages long, and a total of 178,451 words.

This makes it 233% the length of the average book. It also has 218% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Music Lessons Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 16 hours and 15 minutes to read Music Lessons aloud.

What Reading Level is Music Lessons?

Music Lessons is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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