The Music of Louis Andriessen is a collection of interviews and essays about this avant-garde composer. This book presents the musician in dialogue with a Polish-Canadian musicologist and three of his Dutch friends and collaborators: Reinbert de Leeuw, Elmer Schonberger and Frits van der Waa. Topics include his artistic evolution, his relationship to minimalism, writing for the stage and his prevalent interest in mysticism and meaning. This text provides an introduction to his musical language.