20/20 : 20 New Sounds of the 20th Century

by Duckworth,William

• ISBN13: 9780028648644
• ISBN10: 0028648641
• Edition: 1st
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Schirmer

Summary

This text is introduces students to the various styles pioneered in 20th century music through a series of key listening examples. Written in an easy-to-understand style, the author begins by addressing twenty questions about "New Music" and then proceeds through a varied repertoire of works in a way that brings twentieth century music alive and take on meaning.

Author Biography

William Duckworth is Professor of Music at Bucknell University

Table of Contents

1. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun by Claude Debussy

2. Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin

3. The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky

4. Pierrot Lunaire by Arnold Schoenberg

5. The Concord Sonata by Charles Ives

6. Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin

7. Bolero by Maurice Ravel

8. Quartet for the End of Time by Oliver Messiaen

9. Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland

10. Sonatas and Interludes by John Cage

11. Mysterious Mountain by Alan Hovhaness

12. In C by Terry Riley

13. Drumming by Steve Reich

14. I Am Sitting in A Room by Alvin Lucier

15. 4th String Quartet: Amazing Grace by Ben Johnston

16. Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass

17. Perfect Lives by Robert Ashley

18. 0 Superman by Laurie Anderson

19. Miserere by Arvo Pärt

20. Atlas by Meredith Monk