Music since the First World War / Edition 1

by Arnold Whittall

Overview

This survey of the most significant modern composers and their techniques has become a standard work on the constantly shifting musical developments during the greater part of the twentieth century. In a concise and accessible narrative, Whittall examines the continued but declining commitment to tonality, twelve-note serialism, and the gradual emergence of new aesthetic attitudes and concepts of musical form.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198165330
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/29/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 5.09(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

King's College, London

Editorial Reviews

"[A] stimulating survey of more than 30 composers."—The Musical Times

"An excellent, balanced survey of the most important developments of music this century that should appeal to student and informed amateur alike."—Composer

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