Description |
xxiv, 301 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm. |
Series |
Music in the twentieth century ; 25
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Music in the twentieth century ; 25.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-295) and index. |
Contents |
Part one. Thirty-seven ways to write a twelve-tone piece. "Ultramodern" composers : Adolph Weiss, Wallingford Riegger, Carl Ruggles, and Ruth Crawford Seeger -- European immigrants : Arnold Schoenberg, Ernst Krenek, Igor Stavinsky, and Stefan Wolpe -- Postwar pioneers : Milton Babbitt, Elliott Carter, George Perle, Aaron Copland, and Roger Sessions -- An older generation (composers born before 1920) : Ben Weber, George Rochberg, Ross Lee Finney, Barbara Pentland, and Roque Cordero -- Some serial neoclassicists, tonalists, jazzers, and minimalists : Arthur Berger, Irving Fine, Louise Talma, Samuel Barber, Gunther Schuller, Hale Smith, and Michael Torke -- A middle generation (composers born between 1920 and 1940) : Charles Wuorinen, Donald Martino, Ralph Shapey, Ursula Mamlok, Peter Westergaard, Leonard Rosenman, and Mel Powell -- A younger generation (composers born after 1940) : Joseph Schwantner, Robert Morris, Peter Lieberson, Andrew Mead, and Jeff Nichols -- -- Part two. American twelve-tone music in context. The composition of twelve-tone music in America -- The history of twelve-tone music in America -- The reception of twelve-tone music in America -- Conclusion. |
Subject |
Twelve-tone system -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Twelve-tone system. |
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United States. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Music -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
ISBN |
9780521899550 hardback |
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0521899559 hardback |
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