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about art music in the 20th century General BooksAnthology of twentieth-century music / [compiled by] Mary H. Wennerstrom. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1988. NEC: MT6.5 .A67 1988 Provides a comprehensive outline of twentieth-century musical styles and performance practices, complete with full scores or piano reductions. Introduction to contemporary music / by Joseph Machlis. New York : Norton, c1979. NEC: ML197.M18 I5 1979 Includes biographical, historical, and technical information necessary for the understanding and enjoyment of contemporary music An introduction to twentieth century music / Peter S. Hansen. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c1978. NEC: ML197.H27 I6 1978 New directions in music / David H. Cope. Dubuque, Iowa : W.C. Brown, c1984. NEC: ML197.C72 N4 1989 Provides insight on the history, philosophy, composers, and works of the past fifty years, especially those of the avant garde. He also includes extensive bibliographies, interviews, analyses, and web sites. Twentieth-century music : an introduction / Eric Salzman. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice- Hall, c1988. NEC: ML197.S24 T8 1988 Explores contemporary music to 1998 by explaining its development from and relationship to past musical forms and periods. A twentieth-century musical chronicle : events, 1900-1988 / compiled by Charles J. Hall. New York : Greenwood Press, c1989. NEC: ML197.H24 T9 Provides general information on the music, composers, and performers, arranged chronologically. National Styles and Composers-Europe Contemporary music in Europe; a comprehensive survey / edited by Paul Henry Lang and Nathan Broder. New York, G. Schirmer; W. W. Norton/distributor to the book trade [1966, c1965] NEC: ML240.5.M9 1965 The New Grove turn of the century masters : Janácek, Mahler, Strauss, Sibelius / John Tyrell [et al]. New York : Norton, c1985. NEC: ML390 .N553 Nordiska musikfester – Nordic music days : 100 years / produced in collaboration between the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and the Society of Swedish Composers; editor Sten Hanson. Stockholm : Kungl. Musikaliska akademien, c1988. NEC: ML310 .N67 1988 To Boulez and beyond : music in Europe since The rite of spring / Joan Peyser ; foreword by Charles Wuorinen. New York : Billboard Books, 1999. NEC: ML240.5.P49 T6 Analyzes major trends of the twentieth century, covering prominent figures such as Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Cage, and Stockhausen. -Austria Lexikon zeitgenössischer Musik aus Österreich : Komponisten und Komponistinnen des 20 Jahrhunderts : mit Werklisten, Diskographien, Bibliographien und einer zweisprachigen Einleitung / herausgegeben von Bernhard Günther, [Andreas Vejvar ; Übersetzung der Einleitungstexte ins Englische, Joyce Shintani]. Wien : Music Information Center Austria, c1997. NEC: Ref. ML106.A95 L5 The New Grove second Viennese school : Schoenberg, Webern, Berg / Oliver Neighbour, Paul Griffiths, George Perle. New York : W.W. Norton, 1983. NEC: ML390.N47 N4 Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern : a companion to the second Viennese school / edited by Bryan R. Simms. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999. NEC: ML390 .S31 Analyzes the second Viennese school. Viennese harmonic theory from Albrechtsberger to Schenker and Schoenberg / by Robert W. Wason. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, c1985. NEC: ML444.W3 V5 -Canada Canadian music of the twentieth century / George A. Proctor. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c1980. NEC: ML205.5.P7 C3 Répertoire bibliographique de textes de présentation générale et d’analyse d’œvres musicales canadiennes (1900-1980) / établi par Chantal Bergeron … [et al.] ; sous la direction, Lucien Poirer = Canadian musical works 1900-1980 : a bibliography of general and analytical sources / compiled by Chantal Bergeron … [et al.] ; under the direction of Lucien Poirer. [Ottawa] : Canadian Association of Music Libraries, c1983. NEC: Ref. ML120.C2 R4 -Finland From Sibelius to Sallinen : Finnish nationalism and the music of Finland / Lisa de Gorog ; with the collaboration of Ralph de Gorog. New York : Greenwood Press, 1989. NEC: ML269.5.D4 F7 Describes the study of Finnish art music, with particular attention to Sibelius. -France Debussy : impressionism and symbolism / [by] Stefan Jarocinski ; translated from the French by Rollo Myers. London : Eulenburg Books, 1976. NEC: ML410.D28 J3 Modern French music, from Fauré to Boulez [by] Rollo Myers. New York, Praeger Publications [c1971] NEC: ML270.5.M9 M6 The New Grove twentieth-century French masters : Fauré, Debussy, Satie, Ravel, Poulenc, Messiaen, Boulez / Jean-Michel Nectoux…[et al.]. New York : Norton, 1986. NEC: ML390 .N555 -Germany Hindemith, Hartmann and Henze / by Guy Rickards. London : Phaidon, 1995. NEC: ML390.R52 H5 Depicts three prominent German composers of the twentieth century. -Hungary Béla Bartók / by Kenneth Chalmers. London : Phaidon, 1995. NEC: ML410.B26 C45 Discusses the life and nationalistic music of Bartók. Contemporary Hungarian composers. responsible editor, Gyula Czigány. Budapest: Editio Musica, 1979. NEC: Ref. ML106.H85 C6 1979 Contemporary Hungarian music in the international press / edited by Bálint András Varga. Budapest : Editio Musica, c1982. NEC: ML248.5 .C6 1982 -Israel Contemporary Israeli music : its sources and stylistic development / by Zvi Keren ; [music examples drawn by Rodika Dan] [Ramat-Gan, Israel] : Bar Ilan University Press, [1980] NEC: ML345.I8 K5 -Italy Berio / David Osmond-Smith. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. NEC: ML410.B48 O7 Provides a full account of Berio's musical works and accomplishments. Enciclopedia italiana dei compositori contemporanei / a cura di Renzo Cresti. Napoli : Pagono : Tolmino, c1999. Two interviews / Luciano Berio ; with Rossana Dalmonte and Bálint András Varga ; translated and edited by David Osmond-Smith. New York : M. Boyars, c1985. NEC: ML410.B48 A3 -Netherlands Music in Holland; a review of contemporary music in the Netherlands / Eduard Reeser. Amsterdam, J.M. Meulenhoff [1959] NEC: ML295.5 R4 M8 -Norway Contemporary Norwegian music, 1920-1980 / Nils Grinde ; translated by Sandra Hamilton. Oslo : Universitetsforlaget ; Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y. : Columbia University Press [distributors], c1981. NEC: ML312.5 .G74 -Poland After Chopin: essays in Polish music / Maja Trochimczyk, editor. Los Angeles : Polish Music Center at USC, 2000. NEC: ML297 .A38 -Russia The New Grove Russian masters 2 : Rimsky-Korsakov, Skryabin, Rakhmaninov, Prokofiev, Shostakovich / Gerald Abraham ... [et al]. New York : W. W. Norton, 1986. NEC: ML390 .N55252 The Stravinsky legacy / Jonathan Cross. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998. NEC: ML410.S8 C76 Describes the influence of Stravinsky on contemporary music. -Spain Spanish music in the twentieth century / Tomás Marco ; translated by Cola Franzen. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1993. NEC: ML315.5.M3 S6 Details the influence of Spain on twentieth-century music. -United Kingdom Contemporary British music : the twenty-five years from 1945 to 1970 / Francis Routh. London, Macdonald and Co., 1972. NEC: ML285.5.R7 C6 From Parry to Britten : British music in letters, 1900-1945 / Lewis Foreman. Portland, Or. : Amadeus, 1987. NEC: ML286.5.F7 F7 Modern British music : the second British musical renaissance—from Elgar to P. Maxwell Davies / Otto Karolyi. Rutherford : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London : Associated University Presses, c1994. Discusses British influences in twentieth-century music, including those of Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Musgrave, Holst, Britten, Tippett, and Davies. The music makers : the English musical renaissance from Elgar to Britten / Michael Trend. New York : Schirmer Books, 1985. NEC: ML286.4.T7 M8 The music of Britten and Tippett : studies in themes and techniques / Arnold Whittall. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990. NEC: ML290.W5 M8 1990 The New Grove twentieth-century English masters : Elgar, Delius, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Walton, Tippett, Britten / Diana McVeagh … [et al.]. New York : Norton, 1986. NEC: ML390 .N554 -United States American composers : dialogues on contemporary music / Edward Strickland. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1991. NEC: ML390.S88 A5 Records conversations with 11 American composers, including Steve Reich, John Zorn, and La Monte Young. American music in the twentieth century / Kyle Gann. New York : Schirmer Books ; London : Prentice Hall International, c1997. NEC: ML200.5.G35 A4 Examines American art music from Charles Ives to present day. Circumscribing the open universe / Thomas DeLio. Lanham, MD : University Pressof America, c1984. NEC: ML200.5.D45 C5 Shows the evolution of music through the 1960s and 1970s by studying the music of John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff, Robert Ashley, and Alvin Lucier. Modern American music : from Charles Ives to the minimalists / Otto Karolyi. London : Cygnus Arts ; Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996. NEC: ML200.5.K37 M6 The New Grove twentieth-century American masters : Ives, Thomson, Sessions, Cowell, Gershwin, Copland, Carter, Barber, Cage, Bernstein / by John Kirkpatrick ... [et al.]. New York : W. W. Norton & Co., 1988. NEC: ML390 .N557 Perspectives on American music, 1900-1950 / edited by Michael Saffle. New York : Garland, 2000. NEC: ML200.5 .P478 Examines both art and popular music forms of the early twentieth century. Perspectives on American music since 1950 / edited by James R. Heintze. New York : Garland, 1999. NEC: ML200.5 .P48 Examines both art and popular music forms of the late twentieth century. Reflections on composing : four American composers : Elwell, Shepherd, Rogers, Cowell / Frederick Koch ; with four portraits by George Mauersberger. Pittsburgh, Pa. : Carnegie-Mellon University Press, c1983. NEC: ML390.K6 R4 Talking music : conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and five generations of American experimental composers / William Duckworth. New York : Schirmer Books ; London : Prentice-Hall International, c1995. NEC: ML390.D78 T3 Records conversations with 16 American experimentalist composers. Style and TheoryBasic atonal theory / John Rahn. New York : Longman, c1980. NEC: MT40.R2 B3 Compendium of modern instrumental techniques / Gardner Read ; foreword by Gunther Schuller. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1993. NEC: MT170 .R39 1993 Explains the instruments and techniques used in twentieth-century music. A descriptive notation for electronic music / Brian Leo Fennelly. [New Haven] : Yale University, 1969. NEC: ML431.F45 D4 Ear training for twentieth-century music / Michael L. Friedmann. New Haven : Yale University Press, c1990. NEC: MT35.F75 E2 Impressionism in music / Christopher Palmer. New York, C. Scribner's Sons [1974, c1973] NEC: ML197.P3 I4 Introduction to post-tonal theory / Joseph N. Straus. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2000. NEC: MT40.S8 I5 2000 Discusses twentieth-century musical techniques, such as atonal and twelve-tone styles; provides exercises for students. Minimalism—origins / Edward Strickland. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1993. NEC: NX504 .S77 1993 Minimalists / by K. Robert Schwartz. London : Phaidon, 1996. NEC: ML390.S36 M5 Investigates the works of Steve Reich and Philip Glass, along with other minimalist composers and performers. New music composition / David Cope. New York : Schirmer Books, c1977. NEC: MT40.C7 N4 Deals on a very basic level with the different styles of contemporary music. Schoenberg’s error / William Thomson. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1991. NEC: ML410.S3 T6 Analyzes the twelve-tone theories of Schoenberg, Webern, and Babbitt. A short introduction to the technique of twelve-tone composition / by Leopold Spinner. London : Hawkes & Son ; London ; New York : Sole selling agents, Boosey & Hawkes, c1960. NEC: MT40 .S6 Theories and analyses of twentieth-century music / J. Kent Williams. Fort Worth : Harcourt Brace College Publishers ; Orlando, FL : Harcourt Brace & Co. [distributor], c1997. NEC: MT6.W58 T4 Introduces the compositional techniques of Western art music in the twentieth-century; includes atonality, twelve-tone technique, neotonality, and symmetrical sets. Tonality, atonality, pantonality : a study of some trends in twentieth century music / by Rudolph Reti. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1978, c1958.. NEC: MT40.R47 1978 Twelve-tone tonality / George Perle. Berkeley : University of California Press, c1996. NEC: MT40.P45 T7 1996 Encyclopedias and DictionariesBaker’s biographical dictionary of twentieth-century classical musicians / Nicolas Slonimsky ; edited by Laura Kuhn ; associate editor, Dennis McIntire. New York : Schirmer Books, c1997. NEC: Ref. ML105.S58 B3 Modeled after Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, provides biographical information about twentieth-century musicians. Includes 500 new entries, including entries about performers, not listed in the original dictionary. Contemporary composers / editors, Brian Morton, Pamela Collins ; with a preface by Brian Ferneyhough. Chicago : St. James Press, c1992. Includes biographical information about a wide array of international composers, a composition list, and an essay about each composer. Dictionary of contemporary music. John Vinton, ed. New York, E. P. Dutton [1974] NEC: Ref. ML100 .V55 Dictionary of musical technology / Tristram Cary. New York : Greenwood Press, 1992. NEC: Ref. ML102.E4 C3 Includes 600 main entries on the technology of music. Many entries are cross-referenced and illustrated. The language of twentieth century music : a dictionary of terms / by Robert Fink and Robert Ricci. New York : Schirmer Books, 1975. NEC: Ref. ML100 F55 The Thames and Hudson encyclopaedia of 20th-century music / Paul Griffiths. London ; New York : Thames and Hudson, 1986. NEC: Ref. ML197.G8 T45 Periodicals20th century music. San Anselmo, CA : 20th Century Music, c1994-1999. NEC: ML1.T9 -- v. 3:no. 1 (01/1996) - v. 6:no. 12 (12/1999) Leonardo music journal : LJM : journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, c1991-. NEC: ML1.L45 -- CDS KEPT IN OFFICE -- v. 5 (1995) - v.11 (2001) Perspectives of new music. [Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., etc., Perspectives of New Music, inc., etc.] [1962] NEC: ML1.P47 -- CURRENT ISSUE ON DISPLAY -- v. 1:no. 1 (10/1962) - v. 39:no.1 (12/2001) Soundings. [Berkeley, Calif., etc., P. Garland, etc.] [1972] NEC: M1 .S72-- 01/01/1972 - Bibliographies20th-century American composers / by Harold Gleason and Warren Becker. Bloomington, Ind. : Frangipani Press, c1980. NEC: Ref. ML161 .G5 1980, Ser.4 Analyses of nineteenth- and twentieth-century music, 1940-1985 / compiled by Arthur Wenk. Boston : Music Library Association, c1987. NEC: Ref. ML113 .W45 1987 Provides a bibliography of nineteenth- and twentieth-century music through 1985. Contains 5,664 entries by 2,400 authors from 132 periodicals and 93 Festschriften of 779 composers. Also includes monographs and dissertations. Serial music : a classified bibliography of writings on twelve-tone and electronic music. / Ann Phillips Basart. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1961. NEC: Ref ML128.T9 B4 IndexesPerspectives of new music, an index, 1962-1982 / by Ann P. Basart ; with a foreword by Benjamin Boretz. NEC: ML1 .P47 v.1-20, Index Perspectives on contemporary music theory. Edited by Benjamin Boretz and Edward T. Cone. New York, W. W. Norton [1972] NEC: ML197.B66 P4 The twentieth-century composer speaks : an index of interviews / Mari Nishimura. Berkeley : Fallen Leaf Press ; Tokyo : In association with the Kunitachi College of Music, Library, c1993. NEC : Ref. ML118.N5 T8 Cites more than 1,000 interviews with contemporary composers. HandbooksHandbook of 20th century opera = 20th century opera at home & abroad / by May Silva Teasdale. New York : Da Capo Press, 1976. NEC: ML1705.T4 T8 1976 Performing twentieth-century music : a handbook for conductors and instrumentalists / Arthur Weisberg. New Haven : Yale University Press, c1993. NEC: MT75.W45 P4 Deals with specific performance problems for twentieth-century music and suggestions for how conductors can deal with the idiosyncrasies of the different styles. DirectoriesEuropean music directory München : K.G. Saur, 1999- International directory of contemporary music. Composers. New York : CMIIS, c1991- International directory of contemporary music. Instrumentation. New York : CMIIS, c1991- Twentieth century Danish music : an annotated bibliography and research directory / Lansing D. McLoskey. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998. DiscographiesAmerican music recordings : a discography of 20th century U.S. composers / Carol J. Oja, editor ; foreword by William Schuman. Brooklyn, N.Y. : Institute for Studies in American Music, Conservatory of Music, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, c1982. NEC: Ref. ML156.4.N3 A5 1982 The Blackwell guide to recorded contemporary music / edited by Brian Morton. Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell, 1996. New sounds : a listener’s guide to new music / John Schaefer. New York : Harper & Row, c1987. NEC: ML197.S3 N5 OrganizationsThe Center for Contemporary Music (CCM). Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, California 94613-1399. http://www.mills.edu/campus_life/center_for_contemporary_music/archives.php “One of the leading centers for innovation in music.” International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM). c/o Guadeamus Foundation, Swammerdamstraat 38, 1091 RV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. http://www.iscm.org/ Founded in Salzburg in 1922, this international organization is devoted to “the promotion and presentation of contemporary music.” Web SitesBUBL links for twentieth century and contemporary music. http://bubl.ac.uk/link/t/twentiethcenturymusic.htm and http://bubl.ac.uk/link/c/contemporarymusic.htm Lists links, including composers’ and national pages. Created by Suzanne Temple
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