The new music, 1900-1960 / Aaron Copland.
| Author/creator | Copland, Aaron |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Revised and enlarged edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : W. W. Norton, [1968] |
| Description | 194 pages : music ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Our new music |
| Contents | Survey of contemporary European composers (1900-1960). The argument -- Preliminaries -- The background - late nineteenth century. Nationalism ; Mussorgsky's realism ; The impressionism of Debussy ; The late Romantics: Mahler, Strauss, Scriabin, Faure, Sibelius -- The Foreground - before 1914. Schoenberg's expressionism ; Stravinsky's dynamism ; Bela Bartok -- Music between the wars (1918-1939). Music after the first world war ; Ravel and Roussel ; Satie and "Les six" ; The lyricism of Milhaud ; The jazz interlude ; The neoclassic movement ; The neoclassic influence ; The depression years ; Dodecaphonic developments ; Stravinsky's conversion -- Composers in America. Composers without a halo -- New music in the U. S. A. -- The Ives case -- Roy Harris -- Sessions and Piston -- Thomson and Blitzstein -- Comoposer from Mexico: Carlos Chavez -- Composer from Brooklyn: an autobiographical sketch -- The present day. The generation of the fifties -- The music of chance -- New electronic media. |
| Abstract | The composer provides an introduction to the formative musical ideas of our century, and a survey of recent and current trends. |
| General note | Previously published in 1941 under title: Our new music. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 68010878 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML197.C76 O8 1968 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |