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An Introduction to Twentieth Century Music » Read Now
by Peter S. Hansen. 380 pgs.

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Musical Trends in the 20th Century » Read Now
by Norman Demuth. 364 pgs.

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...formulated the several facets of twentieth-century music and have become representative...concerned here with the music of the twentieth century, and those composers...
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Music of the Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook » Read Now
by Larry Sitsky. 660 pgs.

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Presenting a view of the 20th-century music avant-garde without resorting to highly specialized jargon, this work offers an exhaustive history and analysis of contemporary music in a social, political, and artistic context. Distinguished contributors from around the world consider specific composers...
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Presenting a view of the 20th-century music avant-garde without resorting to highly specialized jargon, this work offers an exhaustive history and analysis of contemporary music in a social, political, and artistic context. Distinguished contributors from around the world consider specific composers who represent the most progressive musical thinking of their time and place. Sitsky, an eminent Australian composer and teacher, has assembled an accessible, clearly written collection that succeeds in demystifying an area that, until now, had been the exclusive province of the specialist.
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Twentieth Century Music: How It Developed, How to Listen to It » Read Now
by Marion Bauer, Ethel Peyser. 354 pgs.

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...TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSIC -ii- TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSIC HOW IT DEVELOPED HOW TO LISTEN TO IT By MARION...HEFFLEY 1862-1925 valiant pioneer in the cause of Twentieth Century...
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European Music in the Twentieth Century » Read Now
by Howard Hartog. 341 pgs.

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...pure musical invention in twentieth-century music. Its beauty, its logic...practices and techniques of twentieth-century music by one of its foremost composers...unique in...
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Twentieth Century and Beyond: The Twentieth-Century Symphonies of Richard Strauss, in Musical Quarterly » Read Now
by Charles Youmans. 21 pgs.

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...symphony in the early twentieth century, he was not alone. Describing...liberal-humanist institution of art music." A composer outside...pictorialism would relegate the...
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The Twentieth Century: Nadia and Lili Boulanger: Sister Composers, in Musical Quarterly » Read Now
by Caroline Potter. 21 pgs.

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...composition teachers of the twentieth century than as a creative artist...of pages (unless the music has changed key). Interestingly...advocate of her sisters music. Nadias...
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Writings on Music, 1965-2000 » Read Now
by Paul Hillier, Steve Reich. 254 pgs.

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In the mid-1960s, Steve Reich radically renewed the musical landscape with a back-to-basics sound that came to be called Minimalism. These early works, characterized by a relentless pulse and static harmony, focused single-mindedly on the process of gradual rhythmic change. Throughout his career...
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In the mid-1960s, Steve Reich radically renewed the musical landscape with a back-to-basics sound that came to be called Minimalism. These early works, characterized by a relentless pulse and static harmony, focused single-mindedly on the process of gradual rhythmic change. Throughout his career, Reich has continued to reinvigorate the music world, drawing from a wide array of classical, popular, sacred, and non-western idioms. His works reflect the steady evolution of an original musical mind. Writings on Music documents the creative journey of this thoughtful, groundbreaking composer. These 64 short pieces include Reich's 1968 essay "Music as a Gradual Process," widely considered one of the most influential pieces of music theory in the second half of the 20th century. Subsequent essays, articles, and interviews treat Reich's early work with tape and phase shifting, showing its development into more recent work with speech melody and instrumental music. Other essays recount his exposure to non-western music -- African drumming, Balinese gamelan, Hebrew cantillation -- and the influence of these musics as structures and not as sounds. The writings include Reich's reactions to and appreciations of the works of his contemporaries (John Cage, Luciano Berio, Morton Feldman, Gyorgy Ligeti) and older influences (Kurt Weill, Schoenberg). Each major work of the composer's career is also explored through notes written for performances and recordings. Paul Hillier, himself a respected figure in the early music and new music worlds, has revisited these texts, working with the author to clarify their central narrative: the aesthetic and intellectual development of an influential composer. For long-time listeners and young musicians recently introduced to his work, this book provides an opportunity to get to know Reich's music in greater depth and perspective.
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