Postmodernism in Music

Contents

• Preface
• 1. Introducing postmodernism
• 2. Postmodern musicology - postmodern music
• 3. From anti-modernism to postmodern nostalgia
• 4. The challenge of the past
• 5. The music of George Rochberg: from modern serialism to postmodern pastiche
• 6. The music of John Zorn: 'a postmodernism of resistance'
• 7. Blurring the boundaries
• 8. The music of Sofia Gubaidulina (and others): 'as if the history of music were at an end'
• 9. Repetitions and revisions: from bebop to hip-hop
• Postscript
• Bibliography
• Recordings.