Item Detail
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Austin, William W.
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Music in the 20th century, from Debussy through Stravinsky
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Book
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1st ed.
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New York, N.Y.
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1966
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W.W. Norton
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xx, 708 p. : ill., music, port. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Music--20th century--History and criticism.
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Compositions; Music History; Twentieth Century
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ML 197 .A9
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Austin, William W. Music in the 20th Century: From Debussy to Stravinsky. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1966.
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A history of 20th century music up to the 1960's.
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Focuses on three major composers: Schoenberg, Bartók, and Stravinsky. Also gives considerable attention to jazz music. Also includes individual chapters centered around Debussy, Webern, Hindemith, and Prokofiev. Discusses other composers worldwide.
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Text is organized into 27 chapters. Chapters are organized around topics, which are loosely chronological. Topics include individual composers, phases within a composer's career (i.e. Schoenberg to the Twelve-Tone Technique), nationalities, etc. Text includes musical examples to illustrate works discussed. Includes several plates of pictures. Includes a bibliography that is organized into sections alphabetically by composer, with citations listed alphabetically by author. Includes a general index.
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Gives a broad, although subjective, perspective on 20th century music.
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As information about composers are scattered throughout the text, it can be difficult to find specialized information.
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Hitchcock, H. Wiley. Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 23 (December 1966): 254.http://www.jstor.org/stable/895408
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BYU Mus Ref
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2638