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1 online resource (250 pages) |
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Contents |
METAMUSIC VERSUS THE SOUND OF MUSIC: A Critique of Serialism; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Permissions Granted; Prologue; Chapter 1 -- Setting the Scene; Chapter 2 -- Music's Epiphany: ""The Most Abstract of the Arts""; Chapter 3 -- Those Kindred Fruits of 'Revolution'; Chapter 4 -- Dashes of Sonic Reality -- Midst Heavy Theory-Spinning; Chapter 5 -- Meanwhile: Beyond our West-European Orbit; Chapter 6 -- Empirical Psychology's Verdict; Entr'acte: Serialist Seeds in Bountiful Bloom; Chapter 7 -- Masters of Metamusic; Chapter 8 -- ... and the Beat Goes On; Bibliography. |
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Includes index. |
Summary |
This study utilizes knowledge banks: acoustics, cognition/perception, ethnomusicology and cultural records in probing Serialism?s basic assumptions. It examines analyses by such leaders in the serialist world as Milton Babbitt, David Lewin and Allen Forte. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Music -- 20th century -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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Music. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Twelve-tone system.
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Twelve-tone system. |
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Music theory -- History.
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Music theory. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Kelvin, Baron William Thomson. MetaMusic versus the Sound of Music : A Critique of Serialism. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2010 9780773438071 |
ISBN |
9780773430259 (electronic book) |
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0773430253 (electronic book) |
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