Material And Techniques Of 20th Century Music - Hardcover

Kostka, Stefan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 013193080X ISBN 13: 9780131930803

Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 2005

Synopsis

KEY BENEFIT: This book provides the most comprehensive analytical approach to 20th-Century Music available from Impressionism to recent trends. It covers music from the early 1900s through such movements as Minimalism and the Neoromanticism of the 1990's, and includes chapters on rhythm, form, electronic and computer music, and the roles of chance and choice in Twentieth-Century music. For individuals interested in music theory and harmony; and an analysis and history of 20th-century music.

About this title

About the Author:

Stefan Kostka received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and served on the faculties of The Eastman School of Music and the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music, he is the author (with Roger Graybill) of Anthology of  Music for Analysis and (with Dorothy Payne) of Tonal Harmony, With an Introduction to Twentieth Century Music. Kostka is now a University of Texas Professor Emeritus, and resides in northwest Massachusetts. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 013193080X
• ISBN 13: 9780131930803
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 334