Joel-Francois Durand in the Mirror Land

A collection of texts by and about French composer Joël-François Durand.

Presents an essay by and about French composer Joel-Francois Durand, in which Durand speaks about how and why he became a composer and about the ways in which this choice has shaped his musical and intellectual development. This title comprises four essays on Durand's music. It offers the portrait of this composer.

The second part of this volume comprises four essays on Durand’s music, contributed by three of his former composition students -- Christian Asplund, Eric Flesher, and Ryan M. Hare -- and by his colleague, music theorist Jonathan W. Bernard, who has also edited and introduced this absorbing portrait of the composer.