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Artful noise : percussion literature in the twentieth century / Thomas Siwe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Siwe, Thomas, author.
- Series:
- Music in American life.
- Illinois scholarship online.
- Music in American life
- Illinois scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Percussion ensembles--20th century--History and criticism.
- Percussion ensembles.
- Percussion music--20th century--History and criticism.
- Percussion music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- A substantial body of musical literature for solo and ensemble percussion was created in the twentieth century. This text examines percussion literature's evolution: how it came to be and the styles that composers embraced as they produced a large body of music for percussion instruments alone.
- Contents:
- Origins : Experiments within Tradition
- An Emerging Literature for Percussion Ensemble
- Henry Cowell and the West Coast Dance Scene
- Post World War II
- America Rising
- Serialism: Permutating Indefinite-Pitched Instruments
- Chance and Indeterminacy in Music
- Electronic Music
- Music-Theater
- Sonorism : The Color of Music
- Minimalism
- The Solo Percussionist-Center Stage.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 27, 2020).
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- ISBN:
- 9780252043130
- 0252043138
- OCLC:
- 1141040772
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