Music in the Late Twentieth Century The Oxford History of Western Music

Name: Music in the Late Twentieth Century The Oxford History of Western Music
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ISBN: 9780195384857

ISBN-10: 0195384857

ISBN-13: 9780195384857

Edition: 2009

Authors: Richard Taruskin

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The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial five-volume survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time, Richard Taruskin. Now this renowned work is available in paperback--both as a set and (for the first time) individually. This volume examines the music of the late twentieth century, ranging from Milton Babbitt and Edgard Varese to Steven Reich and Philip Glass . Taking a critical perspective, Taruskin sets the details of music, the chronological sweep of figures, works, and musical ideas, within the larger context of world affairs and cultural history. He combines an…

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List price: $43.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/27/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.90" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English




Starting from Scratch


Music in the Aftermath of World War II; Zhdanovshchina, Darmstadt



Indeterminacy


Cage and the ""New York School""



The Apex


Babbitt and Cold War Serialism



The Third Revolution


Music and Electronic Media; Varese's Career



Standoff (I)Music in Society: Britten



Standoff (II)Music in History: Carter



The Sixties


Changing Patters of Consumption and the Challenge of Pop



A Harmonious Avant-Garde?


Minimalism: Young, Riley, Reich, Glass; Their European Emulators



After Everything


Postmoder