Kenneth Gloag

Postmodernism in Music

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is postmodernism? How does it relate to music? This introduction clarifies the concept, providing ways of interpreting postmodern music.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780521766715
• ISBN-10: 0521766710
• Artikelnr.: 35116035

Autorenporträt

Kenneth Gloag is Reader in Musicology at Cardiff University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introducing postmodernism
2. Postmodern musicology - postmodern music
3. From anti-modernism to postmodern nostalgia
4. The challenge of the past
5. The music of George Rochberg: from modern serialism to postmodern pastiche
6. The music of John Zorn: 'a postmodernism of resistance'
7. Blurring the boundaries
8. The music of Sofia Gubaidulina (and others): 'as if the history of music were at an end'
9. Repetitions and revisions: from bebop to hip-hop
Postscript
Bibliography
Recordings.