The Music of Larisa Vrhunc

Inspiration, Process and Form

Authors

  • Niall O’Loughlin Loughborough University, United Kingdom

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/mz.57.2.155-180

Keywords:

Larisa Vrhunc, Slovenia, chamber music, spectral music, textural music

Abstract

The Slovene composer Larisa Vrhunc has pursued an adventurous and impressive range of music, unashamedly modernist in its techniques and constantly innovative, with new techniques deriving from varied sources of inspiration.

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Published

28.12.2021

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O’Loughlin, N. (2021). The Music of Larisa Vrhunc: Inspiration, Process and Form. Musicological Annual, 57(2), 155–180. https://doi.org/10.4312/mz.57.2.155-180

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Vol. 57 No. 2 (2021)

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