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REMEMBERING A MUSICAL ERA: HENRI DUTILLEUX IN CONVERSATION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2015

Janet Obi-Keller
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Henri Dutilleux was a unique musical figure of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. His music is defined by his great sense of lyricism and meticulous control, which, over his life as a composer, had undergone much thought and a gradual sense of change. He inevitably acquired a wide mix of contemporary influences, which added to his poetic vision. Dutilleux's music appears to be a sophisticated understatement, yet at the same time there is an expressive depth and mystery that sets his music apart from any one musical movement or group of his time.

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Tempo , Volume 69 , Issue 273 , July 2015 , pp. 12 - 19
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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9 Mary Garden (1874–1967) was a Scottish-American operatic soprano with a substantial career in France and America.

10 Cited in Dutilleux's programme note for Erato 4509-91721-2 (1994).