Music of the Twentieth Century / / Ton de Leeuw.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: de Leeuw, Ton,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 100 illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Foreword --; Preface --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. Panorama --; Chapter 2. Rhythm --; Chapter 3. Melody --; Chapter 4. Simultaneity --; Chapter 5. Timbre --; Chapter 6. Exoticism and Folklore --; Chapter 7. From Free Atonality to 12-Note Music --; Chapter 8. From 12-Note Music to... --; Chapter 9. From the Sixties to the Present Day --; Notes --; List of Examples --; List of Abbreviations --; Acknowledgements --; About the Author --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789048505425; 9783110700671; 9783110606515; 9783111023786; 9783110662788
• DOI: 10.1515/9789048505425?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: Open Access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ton de Leeuw.

Ton de Leeuw was a truly groundbreaking composer. As evidenced by his pioneering study of compositional methods that melded Eastern traditional music with Western musical theory, he had a profound understanding of the complex and often divisive history of twentieth-century music. Now his renowned chronicle Music of the Twentieth Century is offered here in a newly revised English-language edition. Music of the Twentieth Century goes beyond a historical survey with its lucid and impassioned discussion of the elements, structures, compositional principles, and terminologies of twentieth-century music. De Leeuw draws on his experience as a composer, teacher, and music scholar of non-European music traditions, including Indian, Indonesian, and Japanese music, to examine how musical innovations that developed during the twentieth century transformed musical theory, composition, and scholarly thought around the globe.