Item Detail
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Salzman, Eric
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Twentieth-century music : an introduction
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Book
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3rd ed.
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Prentice-Hall history of music series
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Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
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c1988
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Prentice Hall
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xvi, 330 p. : ill., music ; 23 cm.
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English
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0139350578 (pbk.)
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Music--20th century--History and criticism.
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ML 197 .S17 1988
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Salzman, Eric. Twentieth-Century Music: An Introduction. Prentice-Hall History of Music Series, ed. H. Wiley Hitchcock. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1988.
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A history of twentieth-century music.
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Begins with a discussion of earlier centuries and their ties with 20th-century music. Primarily covers art music throughout the century, but also includes a chapter on pop music and a chapter on media music.
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The history is divided into six parts: Introduction, The Breakdown of Traditional Tonality, The New Tonalities, Atonality and Twelve-Tone Music, The Avant-garde, and Post-modernism. Each of these parts is divided into chapters based on specific topics, making twenty-one chapters in all. Includes an appendix of musical examples and a general index.
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BYU Mus Ref
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1189