Music of the twentieth century : style and structure
Title:
Music of the twentieth century : style and structure
Author:
Simms, Bryan R.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Second edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Schirmer Books ; London : Prentice Hall International, [1996]
©1996
Physical Description:
xvii, 435 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Tonality in transition -- Harmonic and motivic associations and the "emancipation of dissonance" -- Triadic harmony, diatonic collections, and tonality -- Serialism -- Rhythm and meter -- Orchestration, tone color, and texture -- Avant-garde composition in Germany and Austria -- Avant-Garde composition in France and Russia -- Musical nationalism -- Neoclassicism in France, Germany, and England -- Neoclassicism and populism in American music -- Experimental music in America -- The revival of the avant-garde -- Indeterminacy -- Electronic music -- Eclecticism -- Recent music in Europe and America.
ISBN:
9780028723921
Format :
Book
