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

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.

Table of Contents

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