| Description |
xiii, 546 pages : illustrations, music, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
I. Materials of twentieth-century music : 1. Introduction : The artist and his environment ; The arts and the artist in the twentieth century -- 2. Melody : The concept of melody ; Melodic style in the classic-romantic era ; Melody in the twentieth century -- 3. Rhythm : The concept of rhythm ; Rhythmic devices ; Rhythmic style in the classic-romantic era ; Rhythm in twentieth-century music -- 4. Harmony : The concept of harmony ; The function of harmony ; Harmonic style in the classic-romantic era ; Harmony in the twentieth century -- 5. Texture : Density of texture ; The early history of texture ; Texture in the classic-romantic era ; Texture in twentieth-century music ; Quality of texture: sound ; Quality of texture in the classic-romantic era ; Sound in twentieth-century music -- 6. Principles of musical organization: form : Form and forms in music ; Perception of musical form ; Principles of musical forms : The principle of repetition and contrast ; The principle of variation and variation forms ; The principle of development : sonata form. Sonata form in the classic-romantic era ; Sonata form in the twentieth century -- 7. Novel procedures in musical construction: serialism, chance music, and electronic music : Serialism ; Foundation of twelve-tone music ; Composition with twelve tones ; Critique of the twelve-tone method ; Twelve-tone music and tonality ; Twelve-tone music and traditional forms ; New paths in serialism ; Chance music ; Electronic music |
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II. Six leading composers and their forerunners: 8. Transition : Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and Richard Strauss (1864-1949) ; Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) ; Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) ; Claude Debussy (1862-1918) ; Debussy's works and influence ; Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) ; Summary -- 9. Igor Stravinsky (1882 -- ) : Early life ; Diaghilev's influence ; The Russian period (1908-1917) ; L'Histoire du Soldat to Oedipus Rex (1918-1927) ; After Oedipus Rex to the Rake's progress (1928-1950) ; Serial works (1951 -- ) ; Summary -- 10. Bela Bartok (1881-1945) : Early years ; Musical influences ; The influence of folk music ; Style development ; The melodic-harmonic period (1905-1920) ; The rhythmic-polyphonic period (1920-1930) ; The synthesis period (1930-1940) ; Works from exile (1940-1945) ; Summary -- 11. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): Life ; Musical influences ; The first period (1896-1908) ; The free atonal period (1908-1912) ; The twelve-tone period (1923-1951) ; Summary -- 12. Alan Berg (1885-1935) : Life ; Early music ; Wozzeck ; Works after Wozzeck ; Summary -- 13. Anton Webern (1883-1945) : Life ; Webern's music and the listener ; Webern's music ; Work from opus 1-opus 16 ; Twelve-tone works from opus 17-opus31 ; Webern's influence ; Summary -- 14. Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) : Life ; Hindemith's music ; Works from 1919 to 1935 ; Works after 1935 ; Summary |
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III. Musical panorama of Europe and the United States : 15. The European scene : France ; Germany ; Italy ; England ; Soviet Russia ; Other countries : Austria ; Balkan countries ; Czechoslovakia ; Holland and Belgium ; Hungary ; Poland ; Scandinavian countries ; Spain ; Switzerland -- 16. Music in America : Styles and schools ; Nationalists ; Traditionalists ; Neoclassicists ; Progressives ; Experimentalists ; Music in Latin America |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 514-523) |
| Subject |
Music appreciation.
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Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Music -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
68018408 |
| ISBN |
0030668956 |
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9780030668951 |
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