Strunk's Source Readings in Music History
The Twentieth Century
Robert P Morgan editor Leo Treitler editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Published:14th Jan '98
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Twentieth-century music has been described as complex, vital, diverse, uncertain, experimental, self-conscious, innovative-the list is long and growing. Composers have been both credited with and accused of always searching for something "new," writing works that are mechanistic but romantic, meaningful but unskilled, beautiful but ugly! In The Twentieth Century, Robert P. Morgan helps us grasp the flavor of the era by presenting forty-five readings from the period, nearly all written by active participants in the musical developments of the time. Thus we tune in to the voices of some thirty composers-from Busoni to Babbitt, Ives to Xenakis, Satie to Stravinsky-and learn from performers Anderson and Landowska, philosopher-critics Adorno, Dahlhaus, and Meyer, and writers Cocteau, Barthes, and Eco.
ISBN: 9780393967005
Dimensions: 234mm x 152mm x 18mm
Weight: 320g
264 pages
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