Musical Composition in the Twentieth Century [Paperback]

This new book builds on Whittall'sMusic since the First World War. It updates and reshapes the original text and places it in the wider context of twentieth-century serious music before 1918 and after 1975, surveying the immense variety of technical developments in twentieth-century music. Sections of detailed analysis, with particular emphasis on such major figures as Stravinsky, Bart?k, Messiaen, Tippett, and Ligeti, are framed by more concise sketches of a range of twentieth-century composers from Faur? to Wolfgang Rihm. Extensive musical examples are employed throughout.

1. Millennial Prelude
2. Taking Steps: 1900-1918
3. Symphonic Music after 1918: I
4. Opera
5. B?la Bart?k
6. Igor Stravinsky: 1913-1951
7. Symphonic Music: II
8. Arnold Schoenberg
9. Alban Berg
10. Anton Webern
11. The Spread of Serialism
12. Three Individualists
13. Radicals and Rituals
14. Musics of Change: Seven Europeans
15. The Minimalist Experiment
16. Laments and Consolations
17. Polarities, Pluralities