• Iannis Xenakis in his Paris studio

    Xenakis: His Life In Music
    by James Harley

    Welcome to the website of Xenakis: His Life In Music. This book, published by Routledge Press in 2004, has been authored by James Harley. It represents approximately a decade of work studying the music of Iannis Xenakis, one of the most original and important contemporary composers.

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    This site is designed to enhance the book by providing extra figures as well as score and audio examples. Score examples originally intended for the print publication have been added here, along with audio excerpts. For those who do not easily have access to the full scores, these examples will hopefully help illustrate the descriptive or analytical discussion in the book.

    Links to each figure are listed in order and each one provides a page number which corresponds to the section in the book which discusses that particular figure. Some figures have a corresponding audio clip (they are marked with [audio] tags), and require the Macromedia Flash plugin to play. When viewing some figures (especially score examples), clicking the image should bring up a larger and clearer view.


    Links to further information, and other Xenakis-related publications:
    Computer Music Journal
    Volume 26/1 (Spring 2002). In Memoriam Iannis Xenakis (James Harley, guest editor)

    Contemporary Music Review
    Volume 21/2-3 (2002). Xenakis Studies: In Memoriam (James Harley, editor)

    Leonardo Online
    Iannis Xenakis Bibliography and Discography (by James Harley) last updated Mar. 2001

    Iannis-Xenakis.org -- Les Amis de Xenakis

    For more information about the book, Iannis Xenakis or any of his work, you are welcome to send an email to James Harley.


    Iannis Xenakis with James Harley