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The History of Modern Swedish Music [electronic resource] : An Introduction to Nineteen Composers
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Quist, Robert.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Composers--Sweden--Biography.
- Music--Sweden--19th century--History and criticism.
- Music--Sweden--20th century--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Musicians--Sweden--Biography.
- Musicians.
- Composers--Sweden.
- Composers.
- Local Subjects:
- Composers--Sweden--Biography.
- Music--Sweden--19th century--History and criticism.
- Music--Sweden--20th century--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (436 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- The History of Modern Swedish Music
- History of Modern Swedish Music
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work examines Swedish art music during modern times. It includes an examination of lateromantic composers and styles, the modernist devotion to international styles and its influence on neoclassical composers, and who blended the modern avant garde with traditional styles and genres. This book contains fourteen black and white photographs.
- Contents:
- THE HISTORY OF MODERN SWEDISH MUSIC: An Introduction to Nineteen Composers; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Examples; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: The Late-Romantic Tradition; Chapter 1: Stenhammar's Classical Countercurrent; Chapter 2: The Late-Romantic National Tradition; Chapter 3: Andric, Olsson, and Late-Romantic Sacred Music; Part Two: Early Modernism; Chapter 4: Rosenberg: The Father of Swedish Modernism; Chapter 5: Nystroem: A Modern Voyager; Chapter 6: Larsson, Wiren, and Neoclassicism.; Part Three: The Monday Group
- Chapter 7: Blomdahl and High ModernismChapter 8: Back: A Modern Visionary; Chapter 9: Lidholm: The Monday Group's Pluralist; Fig. 1; Fig. 2; Fig. 3; Fig. 4; Fig. 5; Fig. 6; Fig. 7; Fig. 8; Fig. 9; Fig. 10; Fig. 11; Fig. 12; Fig. 13; Fig. 14; Part Four: Late Modernism; Chapter 10: Pettersson: A Symphonic Expressionist; Chapter 11: Nilsson, Hambraeus, and the Sacred Avant Garde; Chapter 12: Approaching Postmodernism: Werle and Wirtz; Conclusion; Selected Discography; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-1925-X
- OCLC:
- 813005269
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