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From Classicism to Modernism: Western Musical Culture and the Metaphysics of Order Western Musical Culture and the Metaphysics of Order
By Brian K. Etter
Copyright 2001
272 Pages
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Routledge
274 Pages
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Routledge
274 Pages
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Routledge
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This title was first published in 2001. The last century has witnessed the ascendancy of the avant-garde in music. From Schoenberg to Boulez to Stockhausen, the avant-garde has defined the modern conception of musical creativity. Contemporary serious music demands the "new" in terms of style, form and ways of listening and hearing. Implicit in this approach is the rejection of the "old", from the... Read more
Part 1: The Culture of Classicism. 1. The Classical Understanding of Tonality. 2. Harmony, Order and the Good. 3. Tonality and the Metaphysics of Temporal Order. 4. Narrative, Temporality and the Aesthetic of the Work. Part 2: The Culture of Modernism. 5. Music and the Nature of Modernism. 6. The New Music and the Influence of Technology. 7. Order and the Occult in the Twelve-Tone Method. 8. The Origins of Modernist Aesthetics.
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Brian K. Etter
