Abstract
One of the lessons of the move beyond form is to underscore border-crossing interrelationships that are actually going on in the broader culture, ones that defy easy categories. Such is the case with the musical compositions to be discussed here, with a special focus on Tan Dun’s The Map: A Concerto for Cello, Video, and Orchestra (2003). The meaning of this piece derives from a musical exchange that extends beyond the boundaries of the score, a dialogue that transcends the limitations of time and space.
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Richard Dyer, “A Composer Shows His Roots,” Boston Globe (February 21, 2003).
Richard Kearney, The Wake of Imagination: Toward a Postmodern Culture (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1988), 13.
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Quoted by Richard Dyer in “Connecting Nations with the Silk Road for Yo-Yo Ma, Concerts Are Just One Part of a New Project,” Boston Globe (November 10, 2000).
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Quoted in David Weininger, “Rediscovering His Passion,” Boston Globe (March 26, 2010).
Quoted in Richard Dyer, “A Cultural Exchange along the Silk Road,” Boston Globe (September 26, 2004).
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Hughes, M.J. (2013). Musical Interplay: Tan Dun’s The Map and Other Examples. In: The Move Beyond Form. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137329226_4
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