| Series |
Prentice-Hall history of music series
Prentice-Hall history of music series. ^A256410
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| Contents |
Part one. Twentieth century music and the past -- Part two. The breakdown of traditional tonality. The sources -- The revolution: Paris. Debussy ; After Debussy ; The Russians -- The revolution: Vienna. Schoenberg ; Berg and Webern -- Part three. The new tonalities. Stravinsky and neo-classicism -- Neo-classicism and neo-tonality in France. Ravel ; D'Indy and Roussel ; "Les six" -- The diffusion of neo-classicism and tonality. Hindemith and Gebrauchsmusik ; The diffusion of neo-classicism -- National styles. Eastern Europe: Bartok ; Eastern Europe: Hungary, Poland, and Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) ; Eastern Europe: Russia ; Northern Europe: Scandinavia ; Northern Europe: Great Britain ; Southern Europe: Italy and Spain ; Latin America ; The United States -- Opera and musical theater. Puccini and Verismo ; The Wagnerian tradition and expressionist opera ; The mixed genre and chamber opera ; Opera in English -- Part four. Atonality and twelve-tone music. The Viennese school. Schoenberg and the twelve-tone idea ; Berg and Webern -- The diffusion of twelve-tone music. Central Europe ; Elsewhere in Europe ; The United States -- Part five. The avant-garde. Introduction: before World War II. Sources ; Ives ; Other innovators; Varese ; Cowell: Non-western influences -- Technological culture and electronic music. The background ; Principal centers -- Ultra-rationality and serialism. Babbitt and American serialism ; European serialism -- Anti-rationality and aleatory. Cage and his "School" -- The new performed music: the United States. The new virtuosity in America ; "Third Stream": the new performance practice -- Post-serialism: the new performance practice in Europe. Stockhausen ; Boulez ; Italy ; Xenakis and eastern Europe -- Part six. Post-modernism. Beyond modern music. The setting for post-modernism ; The transition from modern to post-modern: happenings, concept art, and new ensembles ; Sound as image: music and language -- Back to tonality. The Darmstadt controversy ; Minimalism ; Neo-romanticism in America ; Neo-expressionism and new tonality in Europe -- Popular and world music. Jazz and rock ; Non-western currents and new age music -- Media and theater. Introduction ; Media and multi-media ; Performance art and music-theater ; The new musical culture. |
| Abstract |
Offering complete, accurate coverage in a tightly condensed, simple format, this comprehensive exploration of modern music (to 1998) deals primarily with the music itself and musical ideas. It puts the whole century in a unified concept, helping readers make sense out of the heterogeneity. It explains the overall development of 20th century music in relation to the past and to two big cycles of contemporary music; and encompasses classical and experimental traditions as well as popular elements, media, multi-media, and theater. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2001021466 |
| ISBN | 0130959413 |
