Music since 1945 Issues, Materials, and Literature

Name: Music since 1945 Issues, Materials, and Literature
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ISBN: 9780028730400

ISBN-10: 0028730402

ISBN-13: 9780028730400

Edition: 1993

Authors: Elliott Schwartz, Daniel Godfrey

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This text presents a challenging and comprehensive survey of the music of the postwar periods. Written in a concise and engaging style, the authors encourage students to re-examine aesthetic assumptions and cultural biases as they explore the rich diversity of music in our time.

Book details

List price: $196.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 2/12/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 560
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Precedents, Influence, and Early Postwar Trends



Composers and Audiences



Precedents and Influences Music from 1890 to 1945



New Ways of Listening: the "Loudspeaker Revolution"



New Concepts and Tools



The Early Postwar Years



Pieces for Study I



New Aesthetic Approaches



"Order" and "Chaos"



The Electronic Revolution I: Tape Composition and early Synthesizers



Multimedia and Total Theater



Texture, Mass, and Density



Non-Western Musical Influences



Pieces for Study II



More Recent Developments



Collage and Quotation



The Resurgence of Tonality



New Views of Performance: Space, Ritual, and Play



Process and Minimalism



The Electronic Revolution II: Computers and Digital Systems



Pieces for Study III



Issues and Directions



Notation, Improvisation, and Composition



Composers and National Traditions



Pieces for Study IV: a Panorama of Works by Genre


Select Bibliography


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Index