Music of the Twentieth Century / / 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 ch...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 100 illustrations
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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