Twentieth-Century Chamber Music

2. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-17199-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Musical Genres

20th-Century Chamber Music features an introduction giving a chronological overview of 20th-century chamber music and the major composers in the style, setting in context the following chapters that cover a wide selection of chamber works grouped thematically, including program music; vocal chamber music; works for new ensembles; the modern sonata; and contemporary string quartets. Composers covered range from Schoenberg and Bartók to Toru Takemitsu and George Crumb. The book is ideal for a course focussing on the history of chamber music or a unit in a 20th-century music on the chamber works of the era. Plus, students and scholars will find it an excellent resource summarizing current research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCalla, James

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Kammermusik & Ensembles

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1. Twentieth-Century Chamber Music: An Introduction 2. Music and Literature I: Program Music 3. Music and Literature II: Vocal Chamber Music 4. New Ensembles, New Works 5. The Modern Sonata 6. The String Quartet Selected Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Prof of Music at Bowdoin, College. James McCalla is a resident of Brusnwick, Maine.