Music and Decadence in European Modernism

Music and Decadence in European Modernism
Author: Stephen Downes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2010-06-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0521767571

Downes presents a detailed examination of the significance of decadence in Central and Eastern European modernist music.

Analyses of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Music, 1940-2000

Analyses of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Music, 1940-2000
Author: David J. Hoek
Publisher: MLA Index and Bibliography Series
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2007
Genre: Music
ISBN:

"Features over 9000 references to analyses of the works of more than 1000 composers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These references address form, harmony, melody, rhythm and other structural elements of musical composition."--Cover.

Analyses of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Music, 1940-1985

Analyses of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Music, 1940-1985
Author:
Publisher: Boston : Music Library Association
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1987
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Provides rapid access to technical materials of an analytical nature contained in periodicals, monographs, Festschriften, and dissertations. Cumulates the 19th-century and 20th-century volumes previously published separately, and updates indexing for both centuries through 1985. Contains 5,664 entries by 2,400 authors, drawn from 132 periodicals and 93 Festschriften covering 779 composers.

The Early Works of Arnold Schoenberg, 1893-1908

The Early Works of Arnold Schoenberg, 1893-1908
Author: Walter Frisch
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780520212183

Between 1893 and 1908, composer Arnold Schoenberg created many genuine masterworks in the genres of Lieder, chamber music and symphonic music. Here is the first full-scale account of Schoenberg's rich repertory of early tonal works. 139 music examples. 2 illustrations.

Schoenberg's Atonal Music

Schoenberg's Atonal Music
Author: Jack Boss
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2019-07-04
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1108419135

Portrays Schoenberg's atonal music as successions of motives and pitch-class sets that flesh out 'musical idea' and 'basic image' frameworks.

Introduction to Contemporary Music

Introduction to Contemporary Music
Author: Joseph Machlis
Publisher: New York : Norton
Total Pages: 694
Release: 1979
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780393090260

Biographical and historical data and clear technical explanations are featured in a guide to the appreciation of twentieth-century music that includes a full discussion of trends since 1961, a dictionary of composers, and a concentrated review of musical concepts.