Julian Anderson's Symphony

Abstract

In recent years, Julian Anderson’s music has been gaining ever-increasing international attention, especially since his residency with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra from 2001 to 2005. Some of Anderson’s most important works were written during this period, including Symphony (2003). Through an examination of the work’s technical construction as well as its connections to seminal works of literature and music, this dissertation gives an account of Symphony as a locus for Anderson’s artistic concerns writ large.