Music since the First World War

This survey of the most significant modern composers and their techniques has become a standard work on the constantly shifting musical developments during the greater part of the twentieth century. In a concise and accessible narrative, Whittall examines the continued but declining commitment to tonality, twelve-note serialism, and the gradual emergence of new aesthetic attitudes and concepts of musical form.

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Whittall, Arnold

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Oxford University Press

Musical Composition in the Twentieth Century

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 Fauré to Wolfgang Rihm. Extensive musical examples are employed throughout.

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.

works discussed are: First Chamber Symphony, Herzbewaechse, Ode to Napoleon, Phantasy, Pierrot Lunaire, Serenade, STring Quartet in D Maj. No. 1, String Quartet No 2, 3, 4, STring Trio, Suite, Verklaerte Nacht, Wind Quintet.

Schoenberg chamber music (BBC music guides)

University of Washington Pre

This survey of the most significant modern composers and their techniques has become a standard work on the constantly shifting musical developments during the greater part of the twentieth century. In a concise and accessible narrative, Whittall examines the continued but declining commitment to tonality, twelve-note serialism, and the gradual emergence of new aesthetic attitudes and concepts of musical form. Contents:Introduction -- Pt. 1 The survival of tonality: -- Symphonic music I: Nielsen, Sibelius, Vaughan Williams, and others -- Béla Bartók -- Igor Stravinsky -- Symphony music II: Hindemith, Prokofiev, Shoskatovich, and others -- Opera: Richard Strauss, Weill, Janácek, Prokofiev, Britten, and others -- Pt. 2 Twelve-note music: -- Arnold Schoenberg -- Alban Berg -- Anton Webern -- The spread of serialism: Stravinsky, Sessions, Gerhard, Dallapiccola, Babbitt -- Pt. 3 From past to future: -- The radical aesthetic: Satie, Varèse, Cage, and others -- Three individualists: Tippett, Messiaen, Carter -- Seven Europeans: Lutoslawski, Xenakis, Ligeti, Berio, Boulez, Henze, Stockhausen.

St.Martin's Press

A concise history of Romantic music and composers from Schubert to Sibelius

Romantic Music: A Concise History for Schubert to Sibelius

Thames and Hudson Ltd.

A concise history of Romantic music and composers from Schubert to Sibelius

Romantic Music (World of Art)

Thames&Hudson

This study of the music of a group of important composers of the twentieth century includes Debussy, Webern, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Bartók, Janácek, Britten, Carter, Birtwistle, Andriessen and Adams. Arnold Whittall explores the cultural contexts and critical perspectives which shed light on certain works by these composers. In particular, he reveals the continuum between the progressive and the conservative underlying the great variety of styles and musical genres in twentieth-century composition.

Exploring Twentieth-Century Music: Tradition and Innovation

Cambridge University Press

The Music of Britten and Tippett: Studies in themes and techniques

In this classic study of Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett, Arnold Whittall builds up a unique double portrait of the two leading composers of their generation. For this second, revised edition Whittall includes a new chapter on Tippett's major works of the 1980s: the Piano Sonata No. 4, the large-scale choral composition The Mask of Time and the most recent opera, New Year. In addition, new information on the Britten repertoire and an updated bibliography are also presented.

The Music of Britten and Tippett: Studies in Themes and Techniques

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Music since the First World War

Musical Composition in the Twentieth Century

Musical Composition in the Twentieth Century

Schoenberg chamber music (BBC music guides)

Music since the First World War

Romantic Music: A Concise History for Schubert to Sibelius

Romantic Music (World of Art)

Exploring Twentieth-Century Music: Tradition and Innovation

The Music of Britten and Tippett: Studies in themes and techniques

The Music of Britten and Tippett: Studies in Themes and Techniques