Music in the Late Twentieth Century

Music in the Late Twentieth Century - The Oxford History of Western Music

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Publisher's Synopsis

The Oxford History of Western Music is a magisterial survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. This text illuminates, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age. Taking a critical perspective, this text sets the details of music, the chronological sweep of figures, works, and musical ideas, within the larger context of world affairs and cultural history. Written by an authoritative, opinionated, and controversial figure in musicology, The Oxford History of Western Music provides a critical aesthetic position with respect to individual works, a context in which each composition may be evaluated and remembered. Taruskin combines an emphasis on structure and form with a discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in each age, to illustrate how the music itself works, and how contemporaries heard and understood it. It also describes how the context of each stylistic period-key cultural, historical, social, economic, and scientific events-influenced and directed compositional choices. Unlike earlier surveys, Taruskin provides greater attention to the full range of 20th century music, including American music as part of the mainstream tradition of western music, women in music, and popular music.

Book information

ISBN: 9780195384857
Publisher: OUP USA
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 780.904
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 586
Weight: 1134g
Height: 255mm
Width: 176mm
Spine width: 35mm