Twentieth-Century Music A History of Musical Style in Modern Europe and America

Name: Twentieth-Century Music A History of Musical Style in Modern Europe and America
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ISBN: 9780393952728

ISBN-10: 039395272X

ISBN-13: 9780393952728

Edition: 1991

Authors: Robert P. Morgan, Robert P. Morgan

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Book details

Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/17/1991
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 576
Size: 0.64" wide x 0.95" long x 0.13" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: The Nineteenth-Century Musical Background



The Historical Context: Europe at the Turn of the Century



Some Transitional Figures



The Atonal Revolution



New Tonalities



Other European Currents



Beyond the Continent



Reconstruction and New Systems: between the Wars



The Historical Context: Europe after World War I



Neo-Classicism



The Twelve-Tone System



The Influence of Politics



Other Europeans



England after World War I



The United States



Latin America



The Historical Context: the World after World War II



Integral Serialism



Indeterminacy



Innovations in Form and Texture



The New Pluralism



A Return to Simplicity: Minimalism and the New Tonality



Music and the External World



Developments in Technology: Electronic Music



Epilogue: Music Today


Bibliography


Index