Source Readings in Music History The Twentieth Century

Name: Source Readings in Music History The Twentieth Century
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ISBN: 9780393967005

ISBN-10: 039396700X

ISBN-13: 9780393967005

Edition: 2nd 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Robert P. Morgan, Leo Treitler, Strunk

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Twentieth-century music has been described as complex, vital, diverse, uncertain, experimental, self-conscious, innovative-the list is long and growing. Composers have been both credited with and accused of always searching for something "new," writing works that are mechanistic but romantic, meaningful but unskilled, beautiful but ugly! In The Twentieth Century , Robert P. Morgan helps us grasp the flavor of the era by presenting forty-five readings from the period, nearly all written by active participants in the musical developments of the time. Thus we tune in to the voices of some thirty composers-from Busoni to Babbitt, Ives to Xenakis, Satie to Stravinsky-and learn from performers…

Book details

List price: $26.30
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/17/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.20" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English