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MetaMusic versus the Sound of Music [electronic resource] : A Critique of Serialism
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelvin, Baron William Thomson.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--20th century--Philosophy and aesthetics.
- Music theory--History.
- Twelve-tone system.
- Music.
- Twelve-tone system--History.
- Music theory.
- Local Subjects:
- Music--20th century--Philosophy and aesthetics.
- Music theory--History.
- Twelve-tone system.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study utilizes knowledge banks: acoustics, cognition/perception, ethnomusicology and cultural records in probing Serialism's basic assumptions. It examines analyses by such leaders in the serialist world as Milton Babbitt, David Lewin and Allen Forte.
- Contents:
- METAMUSIC VERSUS THE SOUND OF MUSIC: A Critique of Serialism; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Permissions Granted; Prologue; Chapter 1 - Setting the Scene; Chapter 2 - Music's Epiphany: ""The Most Abstract of the Arts""; Chapter 3 - Those Kindred Fruits of 'Revolution'; Chapter 4 - Dashes of Sonic Reality - Midst Heavy Theory-Spinning; Chapter 5 - Meanwhile: Beyond our West-European Orbit; Chapter 6 - Empirical Psychology's Verdict; Entr'acte: Serialist Seeds in Bountiful Bloom; Chapter 7 - Masters of Metamusic; Chapter 8 - ... and the Beat Goes On; Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-3025-3
- OCLC:
- 818851295
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