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New Music and the Claims of Modernity (Hardcover, New Ed): Alastair Williams

New Music and the Claims of Modernity (Hardcover, New Ed)

Alastair Williams

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Since 1945 the emphasis in new music has lain in a desire for progress, a concept challenged by postmodernist aesthetics. In this study, Alastair Williams identifies and explores the recurring issues and problems presented by post-war music. Part one examines the German philosopher, Theodor Adorno's portrayal of modernity and his understanding of modernism in music. This is followed by a survey of the developments in music from late Beethoven to Schoenberg, the two composers whose works provided the main anchor points for Adorno's philosophy of music. Parts two and three indicate the ways in which Adorno's aesthetics are pertinent to an understanding of new music. Part two comprises a close examination of the music of Pierre Boulez and John Cage, composers who represent extreme, though related, aspects of contemporary music thought: the primacy of structure versus dissolution. Williams' views the music of Ligeti as an exploration of the interface between these two extremes, personifying Adorno's advocation of an aesthetic which attempts to embrace all its dissimilar parts. In part three the consequences of modernism and the aesthetic approaches of Derrida and de Mann are considered, together with the music of Wolfgang Rihm. Williams concludes with a survey of contemporary music and the postmodernist desire to include a range of compositional references.

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Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: December 1997
First published: 1995
Authors: Alastair Williams
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-1-85928-368-4
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
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LSN: 1-85928-368-3
Barcode: 9781859283684

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