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From Musical Folklore to Twelve Tone Technique: Memoirs of a Musician between East and West
Albrecht, Georg Von. Ed(S): Antokoletz, Elliott
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hardcover. These memoirs of the Russian-born German composer Georg von Alberecht are an important document in the history of 20th century music, particularly for the light they shed on the development of tonal systems and compositional methods. Editor(s): Antokoletz, Elliott. Translator(s): Albrecht, Michael von; Schwartz, Francis R. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
The memoirs of the Russian-born German composer Georg von Alberecht (born Kasan 1891, died Heidelberg 1976) are an important document of 20th-century musical history. Dictated to his son Michael von Albrecht and first published in German, von Albrecht's autobiography recounts his dramatic experiences during the 1917 Russian revolution and the Nazi terror. His reports of encounters with such other composers as Taneyev, Glazunov, Scriabin, Stravinsky, Hindemith, Frommel, David, and others, and his thorough discussion of tonal systems and compositional methods, reflect the approach and critical response to many procedures typical of the 20th-century music. His analyses shed light on the ... Read more
The memoirs of the Russian-born German composer Georg von Alberecht (born Kasan 1891, died Heidelberg 1976) are an important document of 20th-century musical history. Dictated to his son Michael von Albrecht and first published in German, von Albrecht's autobiography recounts his dramatic experiences during the 1917 Russian revolution and the Nazi terror. His reports of encounters with such other composers as Taneyev, Glazunov, Scriabin, Stravinsky, Hindemith, Frommel, David, and others, and his thorough discussion of tonal systems and compositional methods, reflect the approach and critical response to many procedures typical of the 20th-century music. His analyses shed light on the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
Number of Pages
166
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810849693
SKU
V9780810849693
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About Albrecht, Georg Von. Ed(S): Antokoletz, Elliott
Elliott Antokoletz is Professor of Musicology at the University of Texas. He studied violin with Dorothy Delay and Ivan Galamian at the Juilliard School of Music and gained his Ph.D. in musicology at the City University of New York. He is the author of numerous articles and books and is especially known for his work on Bartók.
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