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245 10 a| Twentieth century music :b| its evolution from the end of the harmonic era into the present era of sound /c| by Peter Yates.;

260 a| New York :b| Pantheon Books,c| [1967];

300 a| xv, 367 pages ;c| 22 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 00 g| Part I.t| Music and sound --t| Silence and the field of sound --t| Intonation, pitch, and scale --t| Chromaticism --t| Harmony --t| The emancipation of dissonance --t| An introduction to Arnold Schoenberg --t| Idiom, content, style --t| The two harmonic traditions of nineteenth century music --t| The five-plus-two idiomatic origins of twentieth century music, plus a digression on the audience --t| "A new language... the fight against routine" --t| An introduction to Claude Debussy --t| The neoclassicists, with a digression on transcribed music --t| The art of musical parody, with an introduction to Erik Satie --t| Stein-Thomson --t| The popular art of melodrama: Puccini to Britten --t| The dictatorship of popularity --t| Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev --t| Useful or practical music: Hindemith's complaint and Copland's enterprise --t| The integrity of compromise: Nielsen, Falla, Vaughan Williams, Sibelius, Bloch --t| The isolated aristocratic composer in a commercialized environment: Mahler, Busoni --t| An introduction to Bela Bartok --t| The morphogenesis of ideas: Webern, Berg, Messiaen, Villa-Lobos --t| An introduction to Igor Stravinsky --g| Part II.t| The proof of the notation --t| "Everything is admissable" --t| An introduction to Charles Ives --t| The American experimental tradition I: Seeger, Cowell, Varese, Ruggles, and others --t| The American experimental tradition II: McPhee, Harrison, Hovhaness, Partch, Barnt --t| An introduction to John Cage --t| Electronic and computer music --t| Theatrical-performance music: drama, theater, ritual, game, or play --g| Appendix A.t| Ives's "Anticipations" --g| Appendix B.t| Extracted from Harry Partch's description of his musical drama Delusion of the Fury --g| Appendix C.t| On theater.;

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Twentieth century music : its evolution from the end of the harmonic era into the present era of sound / by Peter Yates.

Author/creator	Yates, Peter
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Pantheon Books, [1967]
Description	xv, 367 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects	Music--20th century. --History and criticism.

Contents	Part I. Music and sound -- Silence and the field of sound -- Intonation, pitch, and scale -- Chromaticism -- Harmony -- The emancipation of dissonance -- An introduction to Arnold Schoenberg -- Idiom, content, style -- The two harmonic traditions of nineteenth century music -- The five-plus-two idiomatic origins of twentieth century music, plus a digression on the audience -- "A new language... the fight against routine" -- An introduction to Claude Debussy -- The neoclassicists, with a digression on transcribed music -- The art of musical parody, with an introduction to Erik Satie -- Stein-Thomson -- The popular art of melodrama: Puccini to Britten -- The dictatorship of popularity -- Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev -- Useful or practical music: Hindemith's complaint and Copland's enterprise -- The integrity of compromise: Nielsen, Falla, Vaughan Williams, Sibelius, Bloch -- The isolated aristocratic composer in a commercialized environment: Mahler, Busoni -- An introduction to Bela Bartok -- The morphogenesis of ideas: Webern, Berg, Messiaen, Villa-Lobos -- An introduction to Igor Stravinsky -- Part II. The proof of the notation -- "Everything is admissable" -- An introduction to Charles Ives -- The American experimental tradition I: Seeger, Cowell, Varese, Ruggles, and others -- The American experimental tradition II: McPhee, Harrison, Hovhaness, Partch, Barnt -- An introduction to John Cage -- Electronic and computer music -- Theatrical-performance music: drama, theater, ritual, game, or play -- Appendix A. Ives's "Anticipations" -- Appendix B. Extracted from Harry Partch's description of his musical drama Delusion of the Fury -- Appendix C. On theater.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	65010015

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