Twentieth Century Music and the Question of Modernity
Author:   Eduardo de la Fuente (Flinders University, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415962087


Pages:   182
Publication Date:   30 July 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Twentieth Century Music and the Question of Modernity


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Author:   Eduardo de la Fuente (Flinders University, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9780415962087


ISBN 10:   0415962080
Pages:   182
Publication Date:   30 July 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Modernity, Modernism and Music 2. Myth and Narrative in Twentieth Century Musical Culture 3. The Structure of Musical Revolutions 4. Music in Max Weber’s Sociology of Modernity 5. Modernity in Theodor Adorno’s Philosophy of Modern Music 6. Music in Modern Theories of Communication 7. Arnold Schoenberg: The Composer as Prophet 8. Igor Stravinsky: The Composer as Priest 9. Pierre Boulez: The Composer as Ascetic 10. John Cage: The Composer as Mystic 11. From Avant-Gardism to Post-Modernism 12. Musical Re-Enchantment?

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Eduardo De La Fuente is a Lecturer in the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies at Monash University.

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