Background
Osmond-Smith, David was born on December 27, 1946 in Worthing, Sussex, England. Son of Francis Howard Osmond-Smith and Elizabeth Sylvia Moss.
(Luciano Berio's Sinfonia (1968) marked a return by the co...)
Luciano Berio's Sinfonia (1968) marked a return by the composer to orchestral writing after a gap of six years. This in-depth study demonstrates the central position the work occupies in Berio's output. David Osmond-Smith discusses the way in which Berio used the Bororo myth described in Levi-Strauss's Le cru et le cuit as a framework for Sinfonia. This is one of many influences in the work, which also include Joyce's 'Sirens' chapter from Ulysses, Beckett's The Unnameable and the scherzo from Mahler's 2nd Symphony. The listener who takes refuge in the score of Sinfonia, argues Osmond-Smith, finds there a maze of allusions to things beyond the score. It is some of those allusions that this book seeks to illuminate.
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Osmond-Smith, David was born on December 27, 1946 in Worthing, Sussex, England. Son of Francis Howard Osmond-Smith and Elizabeth Sylvia Moss.
Master of Arts, Cambridge University, 1968.
Lecturer music University Sussex, Brighton, England, 1973—1989, senior lecturer music, 1989—1994, reader music, 1991—1994, sub-dean school English and American studies, 1991—1994, professor music, since 1994. Chair British section International Society Contemporary Music, 1992—1995. Commissioner music Biennale di Venezia, 1993.
Invited lecturer Glyndebourne Festival Opera, since 1995.
(Luciano Berio's Sinfonia (1968) marked a return by the co...)
(Berio is one of the most widely performed and prodigiousl...)
