Over three decades, Paul Griffiths's survey has remained the definitive study of music since the Second World War; this fully revised and updated edition re-establishes Modern Music and After as the preeminent introduction to the music of our time. The disruptions of the war, and the struggles of the ensuing peace, were reflected in the music of the time: in Pierre Boulez's radical reformation of compositional technique and in John Cage's development of zen music; in Milton Babbitt's settling of the serial system and in Dmitry Shostakovich's unsettling symphonies; in Karlheinz Stockhausen's development of electronic music and in Luigi Nono's pursuit of the universally human, in Iannis Xenakis's view of music as sounding mathematics and in Luciano Berio's consideration of it as language. The initiatives of these composers and their contemporaries opened prospects that haven't yet stopped unfolding. This constant expansion of musical thinking since 1945 has left us with no singular history of music; Griffiths's study accordingly follows several different paths, showing how and why they converge and diverge. This new edition of Modern Music and After discusses not only the music of the fifteen years that have passed since the previous edition, but also the recent explosion of scholarly interest in the latter half of the twentieth century. In particular, the book has been expanded to incorporate the variety of responses to the modernist impasse experienced by composers of the 1980s and 1990s. Griffiths then moves the book into the twenty-first century as he examines such highly influential composers as Helmut Lachenmann and Salvatore Sciarrino. For its breadth, wealth of detail, and characteristic wit and clarity, the third edition of Modern Music and After is required reading for the student and the enquiring listener.

Modern Music and After

Arts & Photography

Paul Griffiths

Music

Oxford University Press

The String Quartet: A History

82 musical examples. Explains the history and development of the genre. Paul Anthony Griffiths, OBE, is a British music critic, novelist and librettist. He is particularly noted for his writings on modern classical music and for having written the libretti for two 20th century operas, Tan Dun's Marco Polo and Elliott Carter's What Next?

THAMES HUDSON LTD

Paperback. Bubble wrapped and shipped within 24-48 hours.Nice book.

Modern Music: A Concise History from Debussy to Boulez (World of Art)

Thames and Hudson

, 212 pages, black and white photographs

New Sounds, New Personalities: British Composers of the 1980s in Conversation with Paul Griffiths

Biographies & Memoirs

Faber and Faber

The seventh volume of Music &amp; Literature opens with a celebration of the prolific Welsh novelist, music critic, and librettist Paul Griffiths. Two exclusive interviews and generous selections of his musical and creative writings offer insight into Griffiths' extensive career and his many sources of inspiration, from Shakespeare to Japanese Noh theatre. Recent collaborations, including the song cycle 'let me tell you,' based on Griffiths Oulipian novel containing only the words spoken by Ophelia in Hamlet, and Gulliver, based on Jonathan Swift's classic satire, receive particular attention, with contributions from partners Barbara Hannigan and James Wood, among others, testifying to Griffiths status as one of the Anglophone world's premiere--and under-acknowledged--talents. Meanwhile, Ann Quin published just four novels before her death at the age of thirty-seven, but in the decades since has come to be recognized as one of the most original voices of her no-longer-modern, not-quite-postmodern generation. Collected here, alongside a pair of Quin's provocative and darkly humorous short stories, are new critical appreciations of her life's work by leading contemporary writers, who pay tribute to Quin's enduring legacy and influence. Finally, the compositions and performances of Russian-born artist Lera Auerbach have filled the most prestigious halls and stages around the world, while her visual art has filled some of its most renowned spaces. From the opening act of her play 'Gogol,' which was staged by the legendary John Neumeier, to appreciations of her poetry, this portfolio surveys the work of a genuine Renaissance woman.

Music & Literature no. 7

Oli Hazzard

Ann Quin

Lera Auerbach

Taylor Davis-Van Atta

Daniel Medin

Danielle Dutton

Juliet Jacques

Kate Zambreno

Gidon Kremer

Music & Literature, Inc.

The Happiness Lab - Delegate's Guide

Ugly Duckling Publishing

let me tell you

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Henningham Family Press

let me go on

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