Musical Composition in the Twentieth Century
, by Whittall, ArnoldNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780198166849 | 0198166842
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 5/11/2000
This new book builds on Whittall's Music since the First World War . It updates and reshapes the original text and places it in the wider context of twentieth-century serious music before 1918 and after 1975, surveying the immense variety of technical developments in twentieth-century music. Sections of detailed analysis, with particular emphasis on such major figures as Stravinsky, Bartók, Messiaen, Tippett, and Ligeti, are framed by more concise sketches of a range of twentieth-century composers from Faur´to Wolfgang Rihm. Extensive musical examples are employed throughout.