David Nicholls

American Experimental Music, 1890-1940

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From the end of the nineteenth century a national musical consciousness gradually emerged in the U.S.A. as composers began to turn away from the European conventions on which their music had hitherto been modeled. It was in this period of change that experimentalism was born and America subsequently became, as it still is, a major source of new musical ideas for European musicians.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780521424646
• ISBN-10: 052142464X
• Artikelnr.: 20983226

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: the new and the experimental
2. In Re Con Moto Et Al: experimentalism in the works of Charles Ives
3. 'On Dissonant Counterpoint': the development of a new polyphony, primarily by Charles Seeger, Carl Ruggles and Ruth Crawford
4. New Musical resources: radical innovation in the music of Henry Cowell
5. 'The Future of Music: Credo': the development of a philosophy of experimentation in the early works of John Cage
6. Conclusion: unity through diversity
Select bibliography
Appendix: musical editions and selected readings.