Music in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

by Walter Frisch, Joseph Auner, Tiffany Clarke Harrison

Book Overview

Joseph Auner's Music in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries explores the sense of possibility unleashed by the era's destabilizing military conflicts, social upheavals, and technological advances. Auner shows how the multiplicity of musical styles has called into question traditional assumptions about compositional practice, the boundaries of music and noise, and the relationship among composer, performer, and listener. He also shows how composers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393929205
• ISBN13: 9780393929201
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"