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The Pleasure of Modernist Music (Eastman Studies in Music)
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Paperback. An exploration of the meaning and reception of "modernist" music. Editor(s): Ashby, Arved. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 598. Listening, Meaning, Intention, Ideology. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. 416 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Ashby, Arved. An exploration of the meaning and reception of "modernist" music. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGC6. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight: 590.
An exploration of the meaning and reception of "modernist" music. The debate over modernist music has continued for almost a century: from Strauss's Elektra and Webern's Symphony Op.21 to John Cage's renegotiation of musical control, the unusual musical practices of the Velvet Underground, and Stanley Kubrick's use of Ligeti's Lux Aeterna in the epic film 2001. The composers discussed in these pages -- including Bartók, Stockhausen, Bernard Herrmann, Steve Reich, and many others -- are modernists inthat they are defined by their individualism, whether covert or overt, and share a basic urge toward redesigning musical discourse. The aim ... Read more
An exploration of the meaning and reception of "modernist" music. The debate over modernist music has continued for almost a century: from Strauss's Elektra and Webern's Symphony Op.21 to John Cage's renegotiation of musical control, the unusual musical practices of the Velvet Underground, and Stanley Kubrick's use of Ligeti's Lux Aeterna in the epic film 2001. The composers discussed in these pages -- including Bartók, Stockhausen, Bernard Herrmann, Steve Reich, and many others -- are modernists inthat they are defined by their individualism, whether covert or overt, and share a basic urge toward redesigning musical discourse. The aim ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Eastman Studies in Music
Condition
New
Weight
608g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580463751
SKU
V9781580463751
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Reviews for The Pleasure of Modernist Music (Eastman Studies in Music)
A superb compilation of essays that will provoke discussion and thought on all sides. The writers are first and foremost music-lovers, and that standpoint informs all of the essays. Urgently recommended.
composer, from a review at amazon.com
David D. McIntire, composer, from a review at amazon.com There are few recent books on serious musical matters which ask more pressing ... Read more
composer, from a review at amazon.com
David D. McIntire, composer, from a review at amazon.com There are few recent books on serious musical matters which ask more pressing ... Read more