In "Remembering the Future", Luciano Berio shares with us some musical experiences that 'invite us to revise or suspend our relation with the past and to rediscover it as part of a future trajectory'. His scintillating meditation on music and the ways of experiencing it reflects the composer's profound understanding of the history and contemporary practice of his art. There is much in this short book that provides insight on Berio's own compositions. Indeed, he comments that writing it 'led me to formulate thoughts that might otherwise have remained concealed in the folds of my work'. He explores themes, such as transcription and translation, poetics and analysis, 'open work', and music theatre. The reader will also find here numerous insights on the work of other composers, past and present, and much more. A figure of formidable intellect, Berio ranges easily among topics, such as Schenkerian analysis, the criticism of Carl Dahlhaus and Theodor Adorno, and the works of his friends and sometime collaborators Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco. But, Berio carries his learning lightly - his tone is conversational, often playful, punctuated by arresting aphorisms: 'The best possible commentary on a symphony is another symphony'.

卢契亚诺·贝里奥（Luciano Berio,1925—2003），20世纪后半叶享有世界声誉的意大利作曲家、指挥家、音乐教育家、音乐思想家，是继韦伯恩之后西方五六十年代先锋派音乐的代表性人物之一。他在序列音乐、偶然音乐、具体音乐、空间音乐、电子音乐、镶嵌组合音乐以及新 人声音乐等战后新兴音乐上有很高的建树，喜欢探索新的音响、音色、音源，致力于发掘传统发声媒体的表现力，还广泛从诗歌、小说、戏剧等其他艺术形式中取材，用以丰富音乐的表现意象，提取作为音源的语音素材，寻找音乐结构的形式依据，为全面推进现代音乐的发展做出了巨大贡献。贝里奥的作品技法丰富、风格多变、题材宽泛，代表作有《主题“向乔伊斯致敬”》《迷宫II》《虚构的日记》《真实的故事》《交响曲》《模进》等。

译者简介

程佳 暨南大学外国语学院教师、英国班戈大学R.S.托马斯研究中心访问学者，主要译著有《R.S.托马斯晚年诗选》(2014)、《R.S.托马斯诗选》(2012)、《R.S.托马斯自选诗集》(2004）、《丽塔·达夫诗选：她把怜悯带回大街上》（2017）、《太阳溪农场的丽贝卡》(2009) 、《再造方舟》(2006)等。