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Concert Music of the Twentieth Century, Its Personalities, Institutions, and Techniques

 

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BACKCOVER

Concert Music of the Twentieth Century is about "concert music"-music for contemplation rather than for atmosphere. The repertoire discussed in these pages was written by composers with something important to say and with skills to do so. Many of the works discussed tie in with a long-standing, Western European tradition of art music, but an equal voice is given to culturally and ethnically diverse composers active during the past several decades. Radice provides data about the pieces, the composers who wrote them, and the contexts in which they originated.

Our understanding and evaluation of music is a dynamic process and one that is subject to change. Music only has meaning within its social contexts, and these are expanding daily. Many non-Western nations have long-standing musical traditions and practices that have entered into the Western mainstream just as Western practices and traditions have influenced the musical cultures of the world to produce new and exciting possibilities for music making.

Diversity has been a key element in the selection of topics for discussion, and the examples included here can serve as gateways for other investigations by interested readers. This book is a survey presenting a broad array of representative works. The personalities explored include composers, performers, theorists, teachers, and organizations. In many cases, the information comes directly from composers whom the author has interviewed. The discussions in this book demonstrate that the world of contemporary music is a fascinating one that offers rich rewards to those interested in understanding the vibrant dynamics of concert music.

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BIOGRAPHY

Mark A. Radice is a Professor of Music History and Literature at the Ithaca College School of Music. He is also the curator of the Karel Husa Archive and Gallery for Contemporary Music at Ithaca College. He has published numerous articles on a wide range of historical music subjects in journals that include Music Review and Musical Quarterly. In addition, he has published two books, Opera in Context: Essays on Historical Staging from the Late Renaissance to the Time of Puccini and Irvine's Writing about Music, Third Edition. He is currently editing a collection of essays devoted to the life and works of the contemporary composer Karel Husa.

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TOC

Introduction.


Acknowledgements.


Prelude.


 1. Changing Styles of the Early Twentieth Century.


 2. National Musics.


 3. A Wandering Interlude: Stravinsky, Part I.


 4. The Transformation of Late Romanticism in France.


 5. Music in Spain: Manuel de Falla, 1876-1946.


 6. Music in Latin America.


 7. Nadia Boulanger, 1887-1979.


 8. The Years of World War I: Stravinsky, Part II.


 9. An Italian Interlude: The Progress of Music Since the Time of Stravinsky's Visit.


10. Back in France: Les Six.


11. France Revisited, 1920-40: Stravinsky, Part III.


12. La jeune France, Olivier Messiaen, and Homiletic Music.


13. Germany, Austria, Until the Fall of the Third Reich.


14. Music in Great Britain.


15. The Musical Maturity of the United States.


16. The Move to America: Stravinsky, Part IV.


17. Floods of Outcasts.


18. Central and Eastern Europe Since the Mid Century.


19. American Composers Since the Mid Century.


20. The American Avant-Garde: Henry Cowell and John Cage.


21. Electronic Music.


22. Concert Music in Asia: Japan.


23. Concert Music in Asia: China.


24. Minimalism.

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FEATURES & BENEFITS

• Broad multicultural perspective-Includes discussions of Japanese and Chinese composers, women composers, composers of diverse sexual and political orientations, as well as Caucasian, male, Western-European, and American composers.

  • Resonates with today's students who come from diverse lifestyles and backgrounds.

• Flexible organization of text material.

  • Generous use of subheadings dividing topics within chapters offers instructors the option of including as much or as little of the material as they wish, depending upon whether the course is intended for grads or undergrads, offered as a three-unit or two-unit course, or during a semester, trimester, or even as a block course.

• Composer-approved information-Includes portions of the text that were compiled in conversation with the composers themselves and subsequently reviewed and corrected by them.

  • Students gain firsthand knowledge of the composer in the composer's own words.

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