Twentieth-century piano music / David Burge.
| Author/creator | Burge, David |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Schirmer Books ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, 1990. |
| Description | x, 284 pages : music ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in musical genres and repertories Studies in musical genres and repertories. ^A268936 |
| Contents | Part 1. From 1900 to the end of World War I -- Claude Debussy -- Arnold Schoenberg -- Charles Ives -- Maurice Ravel -- Alexander Scriabin and Sergei Rachmaninoff [Rachmaninov] -- Other composers -- Part 2. Between the two World Wars -- Béla Bartók -- Igor Stravinsky -- Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern -- Paul Hindemith -- Sergei Prokofiev -- "Les Six" and others in Europe -- Aaron Copland -- Other composers in America -- Olivier Messiaen -- Part 3. The postwar period -- Karlheinz Stockhausen and Pierre Boulez -- Luigi Dallapiccola and Luciano Berio -- Other composers in Europe -- John Cage -- Aaron Copland, Roger Sessions, and the mid-century piano sonata -- The American avant-garde -- Part 4. The 1970s and 1980s -- George Crumb -- Donald Martino -- Frederic Rzewski and William Albright -- Composers in the Far East and Europe -- Other composers in America -- Chronological list of works and publishers. |
| Abstract | This book offers a personal and inviting overview of the often challenging music written for solo piano during this century, an artistic response by a pianist and educator widely acclaimed for introducing much of this literature to the repertoire. Divided into four sections, each covering a key historical period, this book examines the development of different styles and compositional techniques, and integrates historical and artistic details with a sophisticated and accessible approach to the music. The author offers cogent performance suggestions for selected works of Aaron Copland, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, John Cage, George Crumb, and others. |
| Local note | Little-289236--305130042321O |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-260), discography (pages 273-276), and index. |
| LCCN | 90008663 |
| ISBN | 0028703219 : |