FIRST EDITION, Volume 10. New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1985.
344 pages. 8.75 x 11.25 inches.
Volume features blue cloth covers, as well as gilt lettering on rounded spine.
Book is illustrated with scores in text, as well as full-page B&W photographs. Includes essays by various writers, with original page numbering, in addition to numbering in volume. Includes a fold-out score as well as an errata on detached page. Book features essays in French and German.
This volume represents an overview of the music of the twentieth century that is revealing and fascinating. Examples taken from specific pieces of music, among the most celebrated of their time, are paired with interesting highlights of writings or letters by the composers, and historic photographs of great value. The various essays give a vast panoramic view of the music of the twentieth century, why it is so different, and how it broke free from the traditions of the past centuries. It explains why some composers like Schoenberg are so hard to understand, and brilliantly achieves the difficult task of tracing the structure of the most complex pieces.
This volume is part of a collection of fourteen volumes on the history of Western Music. Get three volumes in one set! Volume 9: Nineteenth-Century Music and 14: Approaches to Tonal Analysis are available with the present volume to be bought as a set.
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