New directions in music / David H. Cope.
| Author/creator | Cope, David |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Fifth edition. |
| Publication Info | Dubuque, Iowa : W.C. Brown, ©1989. |
| Description | xv, 439 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Series | Mark Taggart collection Mark Taggart collection. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Preface -- Introduction -- The challenge to tonality. An overview of tonality ; Expanded scale resources ; Extensions of tertian harmony ; Layer hierarchies ; Vectoral analysis: Edgard Varèse, Density 21.5 -- Roots of the experimental tradition. 12-tone techniques ; Combinatoriality ; Set theory ; Total control ; Vectoral analysis: Anton von Webern, Symphonie, op. 21 -- Sound-mass and microtones. Sound-mass evolution ; Cluster techniques ; Microtones ; Tuning systems ; Rhythmic developments ; Vectoral analysis: Krzysztof Penderecki, Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra -- Instrument exploration. Origins and the futurists ; Traditional instrument experimentation ; Ensemble development ; New instruments ; Timbre and spatial modulation ; Non-Western influences ; Vectoral analysis: Peter Maxwell Davis, Eight Songs for a Mad King -- Indeterminacy. A brief history of indeterminacy ; The role of improvisation ; Composer indeterminacy ; Performer indeterminacy ; Composer and performer indeterminacy ; Vectoral analysis: John Cage, Cartridge Music -- Experimentalism. Chronology and fundamentals ; Danger music ; Conceptualism ; Biomusic ; Soundscapes ; Vectoral analysis: Pauline Oliveros, Sonic Meditations -- Analog electronic music. Origins and evolutions ; Aesthetic challenges ; Fundamental concepts ; Analog synthesizers ; Early studios ; Examples of concrete and synthesized music ; Performance considerations ; Live electronic music ; Notation techniques ; Vectoral analysis: Edgard Varèse, Poème électronique -- Extended media resources. Background and aesthetics ; Basic definitions ; Multimedia ; Mixed and intermedia ; Videos ; Vectoral analysis: Donald Erb, Souvenir -- Digital electronic music. Early developments ; Computer-generated sound ; Hybrid composition ; Notation techniques ; MIDI: the default standard ; Sampling and digital recording ; Vectoral analysis: Jean-Claude Risset: Inharmonic Soundscapes -- Automated and cybernetic music. Background ; Automated music ; Artificial intelligence and symbolic logic ; Music intelligence ; Linguistics, graph grammars and fractals ; Inference engines ; Current programs and research ; Vectoral analysis: Iannis Xenakis, Atrèes -- The post avant-garde. Evaluation ; Techniques of synthesis ; Further examples ; Quotation ; Vectoral analysis: Luciano Berio, Sinfonia -- The new conservatism. Sources ; Minimalism ; The new tonality ; New age music ; Postlude ; Vectoral analysis: Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach -- Appendixes. Appendix I: Glossary of terms ; Appendix II: Biographical data ; Appendix III: notations ; Appendix IV: Source addresses. |
| Abstract | The purpose of this book is to explore the history, philosophies, materials, composers, and works pertaining to those directions in music since the late 1940s which express a radical departure from tradition in concept and/or production. This book is intended as an introduction and general survey of avant-garde and post avant-garde music in the twentieth century to the present, in the hope that it will stimulate the reader to further listening and research. The fifth edition contains a new chapter, "Automated and cybernetic music," to cover very recent advances in computer-centered artificial intelligence and music. Another new chapter, "The new conservatism," recounts attempts at returning to tonality and suggests a cyclic nature to the past thirty to fifty years in contemporary music. |
| Local note | Little-274633 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 88071225 |
| ISBN | 0697033422 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Item being cataloged | ML197.C757 N5 1989 | Item being cataloged | Want This? |