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May 16, 2024 · Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer who created new methods of musical composition involving atonality, namely serialism and the 12-tone row. He was also one of the most-influential teachers of the 20th century; among his most-significant pupils were Alban Berg and Anton Webern.
- Evolution From Tonality
Arnold Schoenberg - 12-Tone, Expressionism, Atonality: Until...
- Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler (born July 7, 1860, Kaliště, Bohemia, Austrian...
- Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss (born June 11, 1864, Munich, Germany—died...
- Evolution From Tonality
May 21, 2024 · With each entry is given a wealth of information about: the composer, when and where the piece was first performed, in what "style" it was composed, and a basic analysis of the music. This book serves the general reader interested in 20th-century music, plus students, teachers, and scholars.
- Catherine Langholff
- 2019
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May 14, 2024 · Major Works: St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, Mass in B Minor, Brandenburg Concertos, Well Tempered Clavier, Goldberg Variations, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, about 200 church cantatas and about 270 works for organ.
5 days ago · Karlheinz Stockhausen (German: [kaʁlˈhaɪnts ˈʃtɔkhaʊzn̩] ⓘ; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries.
1 day ago · It develops an in-depth approach that is applied to works by composers including Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms. The book begins with foundational chapters in music theory, starting with basic diatonic harmony and progressing rapidly to more advanced topics, such as phrase design, phrase expansion, and chromatic harmony.
3 days ago · Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. [1] [2] [3] [4] Glass's work has been associated with minimalism, being built up from repetitive phrases and shifting layers.
May 23, 2024 · The 20th century saw the unprecedented dissemination of popular music, that is, music with a wide appeal. The term has its roots in the music of the American Tin Pan Alley, a group of prominent musicians and publishers who began to emerge during the 1880s in New York City.
