Serial Composition and Atonality: An Introduction to the Music of Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern

Perle, George

ISBN 10: 0520074300 / ISBN 13: 9780520074309

Published by Univ of California Pr, 1991

6th revised subsequent edition. 178 pages. 10.25x7.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # __0520074300

Synopsis:

Widely recognized as the definitive work in its field ever since its original publication in 1962, Serial Composition and Atonality remains an unsurpassed introduction to the technical features of what is probably the most revolutionary body of work since the beginnings of polyphony. In the analysis of specific compositions there is first and last of all a concern with the musical surface-an attempt to trace connections and distinctions there before offering any deeper-level constructions, and to offer none where their effects are not obvious on more immediate levels of musical experience. In this sixth edition of the book, George Perle employs the new and more consistent terminology for the identification of transpositional levels of twelve-tone sets that he first proposed in Twelve-Tone Tonality (1977).

About the Author: George Perle, one of this country's most respected composers, theorists, and critics, is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in music and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. His writings on twentieth-century music include The Listening Composer (1990), The Operas of Alban Berg (1980, 1984), and Twelve-Tone Tonality (1977), all available from the University of California Press.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Serial Composition and Atonality: An ...
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Brand New