Music since the First World War / Arnold Whittall.
Author/creator |
Whittall, Arnold |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | New York : St. Martin's Press, 1977. |
Description | vii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Subject(s) |
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Contents | Part one. The survival of tonality. Symphonic music I. Nielsen ; Sibelius ; Vaughan Williams and others -- Bela Bartok -- Igor Stravinsky -- Symphonic music II. Hindemith ; Prokofiev ; Shostakovich and others -- Opera. Richard Strauss ; Weill ; Janacek ; Prokofiev ; Britten and others -- Part two. Twelve-note music. Arnold Schoenberg -- Alban Berg -- Anton Webern -- The spread of serialism. Stravinsky ; Sessions ; Gerhard ; Dallapiccola ; Babbitt -- Part three. From past to future. The radical aesthetic. Satie ; Varese ; Cage and others -- Thre individualists. Tippett ; Messiaen ; Carter -- Seven Europeans. Lutoslawski ; Xenakis ; Ligeti ; Berio ; Boulez ; Henze ; Stockhausen. |
Abstract | In this survey of the most significant composers and their techniques over a period of more than half a century, the author discusses the principal events and trends of modern musical history. He describes and illustrates the continued but declining commitment to tonality, the establishment and exploration of twelve-note serialism, and the gradual emergence of new aesthetic attitudes and concepts of musical form. |
General note | Includes index. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-272) and index. |
LCCN | 77071650 |
ISBN | 0312554923 |
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Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML197.W55 M8 1977 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |