Composers of tomorrow's music ; a non-technical introduction to the musical avant-garde movement / by David Ewen.
| Author/creator | Ewen, David |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Dodd, Mead, [1971] |
| Description | xiv, 176 pages : portraits ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Charles Ives (1874-1954): "He was the ancestor of our avant-garde." -- Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951): "He developed a new musical system." -- Anton Webern (1883-1945): "He extended the twelve-tone system." -- Pierre Boulez (1925-): "He developed serialism." -- Edgard Varese (1883-1965): "He brought noises into music." -- Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-): "He helped develop electronic music." -- Yannis Xenakis (1922-) Milton Babbitt (1916-): "They created music for computers and synthesizers." -- John Cage (1912-): "He developed music of chance and neo-dadaism." -- Harry Partch (1901-): "He devised his own microtonal scale and new instruments.". |
| Bibliography note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 75136499 |
| ISBN | 0396062865 |
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