| Description |
xvi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge introductions to music
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Cambridge introductions to music.
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| Contents |
Introducing postmodernism -- Postmodern musicology, postmodern music -- From anti-modernism to postmodern nostalgia -- The challenge of the past -- The music of George Rochberg : from modern serialism to postmodern pastiche -- The music of John Zorn : 'a postmodernism of resistance' -- Blurring the boundaries -- The music of Sofia Gubaidulina (and others) : 'as if the history of music were at an end' -- Repetitions and revisions : from bebop to hip hop. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194), discography (pages 195-196), and index. |
| Summary |
"Postmodernism is a term that has been used extensively to describe general trends and specific works in many different cultural contexts. ... This introduction clarifies the term and explores its relevance for music through discussion of specific musical examples from the 1950s to the present day, providing an engagement between theory and practice. ... It outlines and addresses the problems of defining what we mean by postmodernism, explores when postmodernism begins, engages with a broad range of literature and reference sources, inviting wider reading and thinking, and uses specific musical examples to present ways of interpreting music that can be defined as postmodernist."--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Music -- 20th century -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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Music. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Postmodernism.
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Postmodernism. |
| ISBN |
9780521151573 |
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0521151570 |
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9780521766715 hardback |
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0521766710 hardback |
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