Twentieth-century music : a history of musical style in modern Europe and America / Robert P. Morgan.
| Author/creator | Morgan, Robert P. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : W. W. Norton & Company, ©1991. |
| Description | xvii, 554 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Norton introduction to music history Norton introduction to music history. ^A638229 |
| Contents | The nineteenth-century musical background. Part I. Beyond tonality: from 1900 to World War I. The historical context: Europe at the turn of the century -- Some transitional figures. Austria: Mahler ; Germany: Richard Strauss ; Busoni ; Pfitzner ; Reger ; France: Debussy ; Satie ; Russia: Skryabin [Scriabin] -- The atonal revolution. Schoenberg ; Schoenberg as theorist and teacher ; Webern ; Berg -- New tonalities. Stravinsky ; Bartók -- Other European currents. Russia: Rachmaninov and others ; Italy: the futurists ; Czechoslovakia: Janáček ; Hungary: Kodály ; Scandinavia: Sibelius and Nielsen ; France: Ravel -- Beyond the continent. Music in England ; Vaughan Williams ; Holst ; Charles Ives and American music -- Part II. Reconstruction and new systems: between the wars. The historical context: Europe after World War I -- Neo-classicism. The "New spirit" in France ; Satie ; Les Six ; Poulenc ; Milhaud ; Honegger ; Stravinsky and neo-classicism ; Bartók -- The twelve-tone system. Schoenberg ; Webern ; Berg -- The influence of politics. Germany ; Hindemith ; Weill ; Russia ; Prokofiev ; Shostakovich -- Other Europeans. Italy: Casella, Malipiero, and Dallapiccola ; Germany: Orff ; Austria: Hauer ; Krenek ; Poland: Szymanowski ; Czechoslovakia: Hába ; Spain: Falla -- England after World War I. Walton ; Britten ; Tippett -- The United States. The new American traditionalists ; Copland ; Sessions ; The experimental tradition in American music ; Cowell ; Partch ; Varèse -- Latin America. Villa-Lobos ; Chávez ; Ginastera ; Other Latin Americans -- Part III. Innovation and fragmentation: from World War II to the present. The historical context: the world after World War II -- Integral serialism. The postwar compositional mood ; The serial revolution in France: Messiaen and Boulez ; Serialism in Germany: Stockhausen ; American serialism: Babbitt ; Stravinsky and serialism -- Indeterminacy. Cage and other Americans ; Indeterminacy in European music ; Notational innovations -- Innovations in form and texture. The implications of serialism and indeterminacy ; From pointillism to group composition ; Textural music ; New instrumental resources ; Stochastic music ; Corresponding developments in American music -- The new pluralism. The post-serial age ; Quotation and collage ; Jazz, rock, and popular influences ; Ethnic sources -- A return to simplicity: minimalism and the new tonality. Minimalism ; The rediscovery of tonality ; Microtonality -- Music and the external world. New approaches to language ; Extensions in music theater ; Multimedia ; Traditional opera ; The encroachment of reality ; Environmental music ; Music and politics -- Developments in technology: electronic music. Antecedents ; Musique concrète ; Electronic studios ; Synthesizers ; Live and electronic mixtures ; Live electronic music ; Computer music ; The impact of technology on twentieth-century music -- Epilogue: music today. The current musical scene ; The culture of musical pluralism ; Musical tradition today ; A glimpse at the future. |
| Abstract | This book is divided into three chronological sections. Beginning with such giants as Mahler, Richard Strauss and Debussy, the author discusses national movements, as represented by Charles Ives and Ralph Vaughan Williams; philosophical movements as various as the Schoenberg/Berg/Webern alliance or "les six"; and the giants who were "sui generis", such as Bartok and Stravinsky. The "isms" such as serialism, minimalism, indeterminism, the new romanticism and pluralism, are clearly delineated and the electronic boom of the last decades is defined. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-537) and index. |
| LCCN | 90006986 |
| ISBN | 039395272X |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Course Reference | ML197 .M675 1990 | ✔ Available | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML197 .M675 1990 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
| Music | Course Reference | ML197 .M675 1990 | ✔ Available | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML197 .M675 1990 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |