Remaking the past : musical modernism and the influence of the tonal tradition / Joseph N. Straus.
| Author/creator | Straus, Joseph Nathan |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1990. |
| Description | ix, 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-204) and index. |
| LCCN | 89024721 |
| ISBN | 0674759907 (alk. paper) |