Remaking the past : musical modernism and the influence of the tonal tradition / Joseph N. Straus.

Author/creator Straus, Joseph Nathan
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1990.
Descriptionix, 207 pages : music ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Toward a theory of musical influence -- Analytical misreadings -- Recompositions -- Triads -- Sonata forms -- Six emblematic misreadings -- Middleground misreadings.
Abstract The author details the revisionary strategies of twentieth century composers--how they transformed the music of the tonal tradition in creating their radically new sonorities and structures. He defines a mainstream of musical modernism, a mainstream shaped by the aggressive reinterpretation of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century models.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 187-204) and index.
LCCN 89024721
ISBN0674759907 (alk. paper)