| Series |
Music in the twentieth century
Music in the twentieth century. ^A275257
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Elements of a style. Melody ; Register ; Large-scale designs ; Precompositional plans ; Counterpoint ; Harmony ; Rhythm ; Dynamics -- Six analyses. "Rat Riddles" from Three Sandburg Songs ; "Prayers of Steel" from Three Sandburg Songs ; String Quartet, third movement ; String Quartet, fourth movement ; Suite for Wind Quintet, first movement ; Suite for Wind Quintet, third movement -- Crawford's music in its context. In the context of her biography ; In the context of the ultra-modern movement ; In the context of the history of women in music. |
| Abstract |
This book is the first full-length analytical study of the music of Ruth Crawford Seeger. Crawford was a pivotal figure in the American avant-garde, the so-called 'ultra-modern' movement of the 1920s and 1930s. In addition to her historical significance, as part of the first generation of American composers to step out from the shadow of European models, her music deserves attention for its original and compelling structures and its expressive power. Crawford created new ways of writing melodies, of combining them in heterogeneous juxtaposition, of projecting musical ideas over large spans of time, and of structuring rhythm and dynamics alongside pitch. In her innovative musical language, Crawford wrote a small handful of works that should now take their rightful place in the musical modernist canon. |
| Local note | Little-292974--305130046170U |
| Local note | Little-292974--305130046170U |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-256) and index. |
| LCCN | 94021135 |
| ISBN | 0521416469 |
