New Musical Resources (Hardcover, New ed)

Since its original publication in 1930, Henry Cowell's New Musical Resources has become recognised as one of the few seminal technical studies to be written by a twentieth-century composer. In 1971, Virgil Thomson hailed it as 'a classic'. Cowell aimed to 'point out the influence the overtone series has exerted on music throughout its history, how many musical materials of all ages are related to it, and how ... a large palette of musical materials can be assembled'. In this respect Cowell was anticipating many of the ideas to be realized in electronic music by Stockhausen and others. For this 1996 edition, David Nicholls has provided an explanatory essay and annotations to Cowell's text. The essay traces the sources for the book and attempts to place Cowell's theories in the broader context of musical modernism.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1996
First published:	1996
Authors:	Henry Cowell
Contributors:	David Nicholls
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	196
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-49651-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
LSN:	0-521-49651-9
Barcode:	9780521496513

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!