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| 1. |  | Title: Constructive dissonance: Arnold Schoenberg and the transformations of twentieth-century culture  Author: Brand, Juliane Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Music | Musicology | Composers | Intellectual History | Art History Publisher's Description: Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) is a pivotal figure of musical modernism. The "father of serialism" has influenced nearly every major composer of this century, and the idea of Schoenberg, now wild-eyed radical, now embattled moralist, now lonely prophet, is woven into the mythos of modern art. What is . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 2. |  | Title: The early works of Arnold Schoenberg, 1893-1908 Author: Frisch, Walter Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Music | Composers | Contemporary Music | Musicology Publisher's Description: Here is the first full-scale account of Schoenberg's early tonal works, a rich repertory that music historians have tended to neglect or view as transitional to a mature atonal style.Between 1893 and 1908, Schoenberg created many genuine masterworks in the genres of Lieder, chamber music, and sympho . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 3. |  | Title: Reflections of an American composer Author: Berger, Arthur 1912- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: Music | American Music | Classical Music | Contemporary Music | Composers | Musicology Publisher's Description: In this engrossing collection of essays, distinguished composer, theorist, journalist, and educator Arthur Berger invites us into the vibrant and ever-changing American music scene that has been his home for most of the twentieth century. Witty, urbane, and always entertaining, Berger describes the . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 4. |  | Title: Stravinsky and the Rite of spring: the beginnings of a musical language Author: Van den Toorn, Pieter C 1938- Published: University of California Press, 1987 Subjects: Music | Composers Similar Items |
| 5. |  | Title: William Grant Still: a study in contradictions Author: Smith, Catherine Parsons 1933- Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Music | Composers | African American Studies | Autobiographies and Biographies Publisher's Description: During the 1930s and 1940s William Grant Still (1895-1978) was known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers." He worked as an arranger for early radio, on Broadway, and in Hollywood; major symphony orchestras performed his concert works; and an opera, written in collaboration with Langston Hughes, . . . [more] Similar Items |