20th century & contemporary classical music books

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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 >>

Luigi Dallapiccola and Musical Modernism in Fascist Italy

Luigi Dallapiccola and Musical Modernism in Fascist...

Author: Ben Earle (University of Birmingham)
ISBN: 9780521844031
Format: Hardback
$108.65

Tracing the history of musical modernism in Italy from the fin de siècle to the Cold War, this book follows the...  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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Telling Stories

Telling Stories

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

The Charlatans. Madchester. Britpop. Taking on the world. Here are the highs, the lows, the joys, the agonies, and...  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
$170.00

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

With personal anecdotes and sometimes surprising intimacy and humour, these wide-ranging conversations represent...  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

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Sounds of War: Music in the United States during World War II

Sounds of War: Music in the United States during World...

Author: Annegret Fauser (Professor, Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
ISBN: 9780199948031
Format: Hardback
$87.95

What role did music play in the United States during World War II? How did composers reconcile the demands of their...  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

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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 >>

Electronic and Computer Music

Electronic and Computer Music

Author: Peter Manning (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, University of Durham, Durham, Great Britain)
ISBN: 9780199746392
Format: Paperback
$100.95

In this new edition of the classic text on the history and evolution of electronic music, Peter Manning extends...  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 >>

Elgar's Earnings

Elgar's Earnings

Author: John Drysdale (Royalty Account)
ISBN: 9781843837411
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Although Elgar achieved fame, status and recognition in his lifetime, his earnings did not match the standard of...  Read More >>

New Music at Darmstadt: Nono, Stockhausen, Cage, and Boulez

New Music at Darmstadt: Nono, Stockhausen, Cage, and...

Author: Martin Iddon (University of Leeds)
ISBN: 9781107033290
Format: Hardback
$282.04

The Darmstadt New Music Courses were the most significant institutional bastion of new music in post-war Europe....  Read More >>

The Legacy of Cornelius Cardew

The Legacy of Cornelius Cardew

Author: Tony Harris
ISBN: 9781409448105
Format: Hardback
$315.00

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