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Modern Music and After
Paul Griffiths
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Description for Modern Music and After
Paperback. Over the course of three decades, Modern Music and After has earned its place as the standard work on the processes of musical renewal that began in 1945. It is essential reading for the enquiring listener, and is used widely in university and conservatory courses. Num Pages: 480 pages, 100 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 632.
Over three decades, Paul Griffiths's survey has remained the definitive study of music since the Second World War; this fully revised and updated edition re-establishes Modern Music and After as the preeminent introduction to the music of our time. The disruptions of the war, and the struggles of the ensuing peace, were reflected in the music of the time: in Pierre Boulez's radical reformation of compositional technique and in John Cage's development of zen music; in Milton Babbitt's settling of the serial system and in Dmitry Shostakovich's unsettling symphonies; in Karl Stockhausen's development of electronic music and in Luigi Nono's ... Read more
Over three decades, Paul Griffiths's survey has remained the definitive study of music since the Second World War; this fully revised and updated edition re-establishes Modern Music and After as the preeminent introduction to the music of our time. The disruptions of the war, and the struggles of the ensuing peace, were reflected in the music of the time: in Pierre Boulez's radical reformation of compositional technique and in John Cage's development of zen music; in Milton Babbitt's settling of the serial system and in Dmitry Shostakovich's unsettling symphonies; in Karl Stockhausen's development of electronic music and in Luigi Nono's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
714g
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199740505
SKU
V9780199740505
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About Paul Griffiths
Paul Griffiths is an acclaimed writer on contemporary and classical music whose books include A Concise History of Western Music and The Penguin Companion to Classical Music. He is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and has written the libretto for Elliott Carter's What Next? as well as three novels. In 2002, Griffiths was honored by the French government ... Read more
Reviews for Modern Music and After
continues usefully to draw attention to a wide range of works and concepts
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