Music in Transition: A Study of Tonal Expansion and Atonality, 1900-1920 - Softcover

Samson, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0460861506 ISBN 13: 9780460861502

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 1995

Synopsis

The decades from 1900 to 1920 saw important changes in the very language of music. Traditional tonal organization gave way to new forms of musical expression and many of the foundations of modern music were laid. Samson first explores tonal expansion in the music of such nineteenth-century composers as Liszt and Wagner and its reinterpretation in the music of Debussy, Busoni, Bartok, and Stravinsky. He then traces the atonal revolution, revealing the various paths taken by Schoenberg and his followers and describing their very different stylistic development.

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`An admirably full and balanced introduction'Music in Education

Synopsis

BL A clear and stimulating guide to the origins of modern music In the decades from 1900 to 1920, traditonal tonality gave way to new forms of musical expression and was reinterpreted. In tracing the atonal revolution, Jim Samson reveals the various paths taken by Schoenberg and his followers, describing their very different stylistic development. This book is intended for students of music at university level, general readers interested in the origins of twentieth-century music.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0460861506
• ISBN 13: 9780460861502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256