Douglas Lee

Masterworks of 20th-Century Music (eBook, ePUB)

The Modern Repertory of the Symphony Orchestra

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Masterworks of 20th-Century Music" introduces more than one hundred of the greatest compositions by world-renowned composer that have entered the standard orchestral repertory. The author surveyed dozens of major American orchestras to focus on those works that an average audience member is most likely to hear. Concertgoers who are intimated by the modern repertoire finally have a single resource that will help them understand and enjoy it. Like an educated guide, he walks the listener through the piece, explaining how all the elements come together to form a unified whole. This book serves the general reader interested in 20th-century music, plus students, teachers, and scholars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136066900
• Artikelnr.: 45134421

Autorenporträt

Douglas Lee is Professor of Musicology, Emeritus, at Vanderbilt U. An active scholar of 18th-century instrumental music, he has also written many articles for journals, reference works, chapters in books, critical editions, plus program and liner notes for concert performances and CD recordings. He lives in Nashville, TN.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
John Adams
Samuel Barber
Béla Bartók
Alban Berg
Leonard Bernstein
Benjamin Britten
Aaron Copland
John Corigliano
George Gershwin
Alberto Ginastera
Henryk Górecki
Paul Hindemith
Gustav Holst
Charles Ives
Zoltán Kodály
Darius Milhaud
Carl Orff
Sergei Prokofiev
Maurice Ravel
Dmitri Shostakovich
Igor Stravinsky
Ralph Vaughan Williams
William Walton
Anton Webern