Multicursal Labyrinths in the Work of Brian Ferneyhough

The labyrinth is a symbol appearing in most of the world’s cultures. As a sign of complexity and difficult process, the excessive and meandering path of the labyrinth emphasizes the need for perseverance in spite of an ever-changing terrain. In Chapter 2 of his Doctor of Musical Arts thesis, the author discusses the two primary structural types: unicursal and multicursal.

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