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Expand your understanding of modern music with Musical Composition In The Twentieth Century from Oxford University Press. This updated text builds upon Whittall's Music since the First World War, providing a comprehensive look at serious music from before 1918 through after 1975. The book surveys a wide range of technical developments and musical styles across the century. Readers can explore detailed analysis of major figures such as Stravinsky, Bartok, Messiaen, Tippett, and Ligeti. These deep dives are balanced by concise sketches of a variety of other composers, ranging from Faure to Wolfgang Rihm. With extensive musical examples used throughout the text, this book serves as a valuable resource for studying the immense variety of twentieth-century composition.

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Oxford University Press provides an updated text that builds on Whittall's Music since the First World War.

The book covers the wide context of twentieth-century serious music from before 1918 to after 1975.

Detailed analysis focuses on major musical figures including Stravinsky, Bartok, Messiaen, Tippett, and Ligeti.

Concise sketches offer perspectives on a range of composers from Faure to Wolfgang Rihm.

Extensive musical examples are included throughout the text to assist with study and analysis.

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11 May 2000
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