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Musical revolutions : how the sounds of the western world changed / Stuart Isacoff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Isacoff, Stuart, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Music and history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 pages ): illustrations.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Singing from symbols
- Tones like coiling vines
- The birth of opera
- Out of the Bachs
- The show-offs
- The alchemy of sound
- Jazz goes to Paris
- A great noise
- Emancipating the dissonance
- Bebop
- Miles ahead
- Process music
- A question of sex
- Mozart among the lotus blossoms
- Epilogue: The revolutionary spirit.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-285) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Isacoff, Stuart. Musical revolutions
- ISBN:
- 9780525658641
- 0525658645
- Publisher Number:
- 40031216718
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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