| Modern Music: A Popular Guide to Greater Musical Enjoyment Rev Edition Contributor(s): Howard, John Tasker (Author), Lyons, James (Author), Unknown (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313205566 ISBN-13: 9780313205569 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1979 Annotation: Contents--What is Modern Music--and Why have People Never Liked It, at First?; Music has Always Told How People Think and Act; Dissonance--the Salt and Pepper of Music; Acoustics and the Development of Harmony; Impressionism--Debussy and His Followers; Schoenberg and Atonality; Music Written in Two or More Keys at Once--Polytonality; Back to Bach--Neoclassicism; Music for Everday use--Gebrauchsmusik; From Plain Song to Jazz--A Story of Rhythms; Tone Clusters, Quarter Tones, Percussive and Electronic Music; The Composer and the Public; Selected Reading List; Selected Recordings; Index. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 780.904 |
| LCCN: ML197 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 214 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Contents--What is Modern Music--and Why have People Never Liked It, at First?; Music has Always Told How People Think and Act; Dissonance--the Salt and Pepper of Music; Acoustics and the Development of Harmony; Impressionism--Debussy and His Followers; Schoenberg and Atonality; Music Written in Two or More Keys at Once--Polytonality; Back to Bach--Neoclassicism; Music for Everday use--Gebrauchsmusik; From Plain Song to Jazz--A Story of Rhythms; Tone Clusters, Quarter Tones, Percussive and Electronic Music; The Composer and the Public; Selected Reading List; Selected Recordings; Index. |
