20th century & contemporary classical music books

2362 books were found.

O Oriens

O Oriens

Author: Cecilia McDowall
ISBN: 9780193388369
Format: Book
$5.69

for SSATB (with divisions) unaccompanied A setting of one of the seven Advent 'O' Antiphons, O Oriens makes use...  Read More >>

Michael Nyman: Collected Writings

Michael Nyman: Collected Writings

Author: Pwyll ap Siôn
ISBN: 9781409464693
Format: Hardback
$315.00

An important element in unlocking the key to Michael Nyman's success lies in his writings about music. Much of what...  Read More >>

Music in Germany since 1968

Music in Germany since 1968

Author: Alastair Williams (Keele University)
ISBN: 9780521877596
Format: Hardback
$142.31

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After Mahler: Britten, Weill, Henze and Romantic Redemption

After Mahler: Britten, Weill, Henze and Romantic Redemption...

Author: Stephen Downes
ISBN: 9781139051804
Format: Undefined
$435.60

Stephen Downes offers a new reading of Gustav Mahler as a romantic composer who established expressive and structural...  Read More >>

Ernst Krenek and the Politics of Musical Style

Ernst Krenek and the Politics of Musical Style

Author: Peter Tregear
ISBN: 9780810882621
Format: Hardback
$100.95

Focusing on Krenek's compositional path from the eclectic musical language of Jonny spielt auf to the austere twelve-tone...  Read More >>

Telling Stories

Telling Stories

Author: Tim Burgess
ISBN: 9780241957974
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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The Pool K III

The Pool K III

Author: Paul Bowles
ISBN: 9780932274731
Format: Audio
$17.99

The Pool K III is Paul Bowles' most unfathomable musical work, one not yielding to easy interpretation. It is a...  Read More >>

In Her Own Words: Conversations with Composers in the United States

In Her Own Words: Conversations with Composers in the...

Author: Jennifer Kelly
ISBN: 9780252037597
Format: Hardback
$271.00

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John Kirkpatrick, American Music, and the Printed Page

John Kirkpatrick, American Music, and the Printed Page...

Author: Drew Massey (Royalty Account)
ISBN: 9781580464048
Format: Hardback
$290.40

How one extraordinary pianist, scholar, and editor prepared for publication important scores by Ives, Copland, and...  Read More >>

Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916): A Musical Life

Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916): A Musical Life

Author: Jennifer L. Oates ,  Professor Bennett Zon
ISBN: 9780754661832
Format: Hardback
$305.00

As the first comprehensive study of MacCunn's life, this book illustrates how social and cultural situations, as...  Read More >>

The Musical Legacy of Wartime France

The Musical Legacy of Wartime France

Author: Leslie A. Sprout
ISBN: 9780520275300
Format: Hardback
$140.95

For three forces competing for political authority in France during World War II, music became the site of a cultural...  Read More >>

Sounding the Gallery: Video and the Rise of Art-Music

Sounding the Gallery: Video and the Rise of Art-Music...

Author: Holly Rogers (Lecturer in Music, Lecturer in Music, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK)
ISBN: 9780199861408
Format: Hardback
$297.00

Sounding the Gallery argues that early video art is an audiovisual genre. The new video technology not only enabled...  Read More >>

My Brother Benjamin

My Brother Benjamin

Author: Beth Britten
ISBN: 9780571299942
Format: Paperback
$38.81

Janet Baker has written that the air crackled when he walked into the room, and she was right...' The younger of...  Read More >>

Electronic Music

Electronic Music

Author: Nick Collins (University of Durham) ,  Margaret Schedel (Stony Brook University, State University of New York)
ISBN: 9781107648173
Format: Paperback
$64.69

This accessible Introduction explores both mainstream and experimental manifestations of electronic music. From...  Read More >>

Irish Musical Analysis

Irish Musical Analysis

Author: Gareth Cox ,  Julian Horton
ISBN: 9781846823688
Format: Hardback
$129.38

The extraordinary rise of musicology in Ireland over the last 20 years has generated an increased interest in the...  Read More >>

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