Modern music : a concise history / Paul Griffiths.
| Author/creator | Griffiths, Paul |
| Other author | Griffiths, Paul, 1947 November 24- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Revised edition. |
| Publication Info | New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1994. |
| Description | 216 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | World of art World of art. ^A222346 |
| Contents | Prelude -- The late Romantic background -- New harmony -- New rhythm, new form -- The genius of place -- Neoclassicism -- Serialism -- The modern world -- To the east -- Serialism continued -- Electronics -- Chance -- The theatre and politics -- Minimalism and multiplicity. |
| Abstract | Beginning at the threshold of the modern era, with the late Romanticism of Debussy and Mahler, the author traces the new directions of music through composers such as Alban Berg and Anton Webern, Charles Ives, Edgard Varese and Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, Philip Glass and Elliott Carter. The various paths are made clear by a concentration on the major works and turningpoints in the music of our time: the new rhythmic force that came in with The Rite of Spring, the unbounded universe of Schoenberg's atonality, the undreamed-of possibilities opened up by electronics, the role of chance in the music of John Cage and the astonishing diversity of minimalism. |
| General note | Revised edition of: A concise history of avant-garde music, 1978. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205) and index. |
| LCCN | 94060288 |
| ISBN | 0500202788 : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML197.G74 M62 1994 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |