Twentieth-century chamber music / James McCalla.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCalla, James, 1946-

Series:

Routledge studies in musical genre.

Routledge studies in musical genre

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chamber music--20th century--History and criticism.

Chamber music.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 284 pages : music ; c23 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

20th-century chamber music

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2003.

Summary:

"20th-Century Chamber Music" features an introduction giving a chronological overview of 20th-century chamber music and the major composers in the style, setting in context the following chapters that cover a wide selection of chamber works grouped thematically, including program music; vocal chamber music; works for new ensembles; the modern sonata; and contemporary string quartets. Composers covered range from Schoenberg and Bartok to Toru Takemitsu and George Crumb. The book is ideal for a course focussing on the history of chamber music or a unit in a 20th-century music on the chamber works of the era. Plus, students and scholars will find it an excellent resource summarizing current research.

Contents:

Prelude: A Historical Introduction x

Before World War I

The Inter-War Years

From 1945 to the late 1960s

The Late 20th Century

1. Twentieth-Century Chamber Music: An Introduction 1

A Musical Narrative: Arnold Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht

Time Present and Time Past: Two Sonatas for Violin and Piano / Charles Ives

Wheels Come Full Circle: Boulez's Le marteau sans maitre

2. Music and Literature I: Program Music 35

Narrative and Temporal Programs: Berg and Carter

Scenes outside Time: Debussy and Stravinsky

Hearing Time Stop: Messiaen

Musical Montage and Ambiguous Signs: Debussy

3. Music and Literature II: Vocal Chamber Music 60

Before World War I: Schoenberg and Others

Old and New after 1945: Stravinsky and Berio

After the 1950s: Chamber and Chamber-Theater Pieces

4. New Ensembles, New Works 103

Three Early Modern Works: Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Debussy

Contrasts and Duets: Contrasts: Bartok, Messiaen, Babbitt; Chamber Music with Percussion: Cage, Stockhausen, Carter, Bartok; Chamber Music for Performers and Tape; Duets for Live Performers

Sui Generis Ensembles

5. The Modern Sonata 161

The Modern "Baroque" Sonata: Bartok

The Modern "Classical" Sonata: Prokofiev, Ravel, Stravinsky

The Modern Sonata: Debussy, Bartok, Poulenc, Carter

6. The String Quartet 188

Before World War I: Ravel, Schoenberg, Webern, Stravinsky, and Ives

Schoenberg, Bartok, Shostakovich, Seeger

The Post-1945 Quartet in the United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-277) and index.

ISBN:

0415966957

OCLC:

52133323