Musical Modernism at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century - Couverture souple

Metzer, David

 
9781107402805: Musical Modernism at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1107402808 ISBN 13 : 9781107402805
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Providing an interesting approach to developments in modernist music - from 1980 onwards - this study also presents an intriguing perspective on the larger history of modernism. Far from being supplanted by a postmodern period, argues David Metzer, modernist idioms remain vital in the contemporary scene. The vitality comes from the ways in which those idioms have extended impulses of modernist styles from the early twentieth century. Since that time, works have participated in lines of inquiry into various compositional and aesthetic topics, particularly the explorations of how to build pieces around such aesthetic ideals as purity and silence and how to deliver and manipulate expressive utterances. Metzer shows how these inquiries have played crucial roles in defining directions taken since 1980, and how, through the inquiries, we can gain a clearer idea of what makes the decades after 1980 a distinct period in the history of modernism.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Providing an interesting approach to developments in modernist music - from 1980 onwards - this study also presents an intriguing perspective on the larger history of modernism. Far from being supplanted by a postmodern period, argues David Metzer, modernist idioms remain vital in the contemporary scene. The vitality comes from the ways in which those idioms have extended impulses of modernist styles from the early twentieth century. Since that time, works have participated in lines of inquiry into various compositional and aesthetic topics, particularly the explorations of how to build pieces around such aesthetic ideals as purity and silence and how to deliver and manipulate expressive utterances. Metzer shows how these inquiries have played crucial roles in defining directions taken since 1980, and how, through the inquiries, we can gain a clearer idea of what makes the decades after 1980 a distinct period in the history of modernism.

Revue de presse

'Metzer's approach is certainly a compelling one, and the chapters in which he discusses ... various lines of inquiry are consistently interesting and thought-provoking.' Classical Music

'... Musical Modernism at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century is a thought-provoking read and written in an engaging and sometimes compelling style.' Musical Times

'Editor's choice, 5 stars: superbly produced.' Classical Music

'5 stars.' Muso

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1107402808
ISBN 13 
9781107402805
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
266
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ISBN 10 :  0521517796 ISBN 13 :  9780521517799
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009
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