Exploring twentieth-century music / Otto Deri.
| Author/creator | Deri, Otto |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1968] |
| Description | xiii, 546 pages : illustrations, music, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part I. Materials of twentieth century music. Introduction. The artist and his environment -- The arts and the artist in the twentieth century -- Melody. The concept of melody -- Melodic style in the Classic-Romantic era -- Melody in the twentieth century -- Rhythm. The concept of rhythm -- Rhythmic devices -- Rhythmic style in the Classic-Romantic era -- Rhythm in twentieth-century music -- Harmony. The concept of harmony -- The function of harmony -- Harmonic style in the Classic-Romantic era -- Harmony in the twentieth century -- Texture. Density of texture -- The early history of texture -- Texture in the Classic-Romantic era -- Texture in twentieth-century music -- Quality of texture: sound -- Quality of texture in the Classic-Romantic era -- Sound in twentieth-century music -- Principles of musical organization: form. Form and forms in music -- Perception in musical form -- Principles of musical forms. The principle of repetition and contrast ; The principle of variation and variation forms ; The principle of development: sonata form -- Sonata form in the Classic-Romantic era -- Sonata form in the twentieth century -- Novel procedures in musical construction: serialism, chance music, and electronic music. Serialism -- Foundation of twelve-tone music -- Composition with twelve tones -- Critique of the twelve-tone method -- Twelve-tone music and tonality -- Twelve-tone music and traditional forms -- New paths in serialism -- Chance music -- Electronic music -- Part II. Six leading composers and their forerunners. Transition. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and Richard Strauss (1964-1949) -- Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) -- Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) -- Claude Debussy (1862-1918) -- Debussy's works and influence -- Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) -- Igor Stravinsky. Early life ; Diaghilev's influence ; The Russian period (1908-1917) ; L'histoire du Soldat to Oedipus Rex (1928-1950) ; After Oedipus Rex to the Rake's Progress ; Serial works -- Bela Bartok [1881-1945]. Early years ; Musical influences; The influence of folk music ; Style development ; The melodic-harmonic period (1905-1920) ; The rhythmic-polyphonic period (1920-1930) ; Works from exile (1940-1945) -- Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951). Life ; Musical influences ; The first period (1896-1908) ; The free atonal period (1908-1912) ; The twelve-tone period (1923-1951) -- Alban Berg (1885-1935). Life ; Early music ; Wozzeck ; Works after Wozzeck -- Anton Webern (1883-1945). Life ; Webern's music and the listener ; Webern's music ; Works from opus 1-opus 16 ; Twelve-tone works from opus 17-opus 31 ; Webern's influence -- Paul Hindemith [1895-1963]. Life ; Hindemith's music ; Works from 1919 to 1935 ; Works after 1935 -- Part III. Musical Panorama of Europe and the United States. The European scene. France ; Germany ; Italy ; England ; Soviet Russia ; Other Countries. Austria ; Balkan countries ; Czechoslovakia ; Holland and Belgium ; Hungary ; Poland ; Scandinavian countires ; Spain ; Switzerland -- Music in America. Styles and schools ; Nationalists ; Traditionalists ; Neoclassicists ; Progressives ; Experimentalists ; Music in Latin America. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 514-523) and index. |
| LCCN | 68018408 |
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