Contemporary music :: theoretical and philosophical perspectives /

This collection of essays and interviews addresses important theoretical, philosophical and creative issues in Western art music at the end of the twentieth- and the beginning of the twenty-first centuries. The book offers a wide range of international perspectives from prominent musicologists, phil...

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Other Authors: Paddison, Max, Deliège, Irène
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This collection of essays and interviews addresses important theoretical, philosophical and creative issues in Western art music at the end of the twentieth- and the beginning of the twenty-first centuries. The book offers a wide range of international perspectives from prominent musicologists, philosophers and composers and includes new interviews with Pierre Boulez, Brian Ferneyhough, Helmut Lachenmann, and Wolfgang Rihm. Contributions with a theoretical emphasis consider the historical rationalization of music and technology, new approaches to the theorization of atonal harmony in the wake.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 386 pages) : illustrations, music
ISBN:9781409404163
1409404161
0754604977
9780754604976
1317160681
9781317160687
1282743821
9781282743823
9786612743825
6612743824

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