This book offers a major reassessment of classical music in the twentieth century. John Mauceri argues that the history of music during this span was shaped by three major wars of that century: World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.0Probing why so few works have been added to the canon since 1...

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1. Verfasser:	Mauceri, John 1945- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New Haven Yale University Press [2022]
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1850-2000 Klassische Musik Music / 20th century / History and criticism
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Zusammenfassung:	This book offers a major reassessment of classical music in the twentieth century. John Mauceri argues that the history of music during this span was shaped by three major wars of that century: World War I, World War II, and the Cold War.0Probing why so few works have been added to the canon since 1930, Mauceri examines the trajectories of great composers who, following World War I, created voices that were unique and versatile, but superficially simpler. He contends that the fate of composers during World War II is inextricably linked to the political goals of their respective governments, resulting in the silencing of experimental music in Germany, Italy, and Russia; the exodus of composers to America; and the sudden return of experimental music-what he calls "the institutional avant-garde"-as the lingua franca of classical music in the West during the Cold War
Beschreibung:	232 Seiten, 4 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen
ISBN:	9780300233704