Musical Composition in the Twentieth Century
- Author: Whittall, Arnold
Whittall's emphasis on polarity is a superb way of describing the structure of musical language —
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$109.75Contents
- Millennial Prelude
- Taking Steps: 1900-1918
- Symphonic Music After 1918: I
- Opera
- Bela Bartok
- Igor Stravinsky
- Symphonic Music: II
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Alban Berg
- Anton Webern
- The Spread of Serialism
- Three Individualists (Tippett, Messiaen, Carter)
- Radicals and Rituals
- Musics of Change: Seven Europeans
- The Minimalist Experiment
- Laments and Consolations
- Polarities, Pluralities
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index