Full Description
Presents a comprehensive exploration of twentieth-century musical idioms within their larger political, social, economic, and cultural contexts. This book provides an overview of the vast array of technical principles that characterize modern music and at the same time reveals the distinguishing features of the numerous styles. Organized into historical and theoretical-analytical portions, this book illustrates topics with in-depth analyses of one or more works of a given composer citing illustrates topics with in-depth analyses of one or more works of a given composer. Musicians, music teachers, and music enthusiasts.
