Isbn: 9780521548182 - the music of ruth crawford seeger (music in the twentieth century) (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. This is the first study of the music of Ruth Crawford Seeger, widely considered to be the most important American woman composer of this century. Series Editor(s): Whittall, Arnold. Series: Music in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 276 pages, 185 music examples. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542. . 2008. Revised ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book is the first full-length analytical study of the music of Ruth Crawford Seeger. Crawford was a pivotal figure in the American avant-garde, the so-called 'ultra-modern' movement of the 1920s and 1930s. In addition to her historical significance, as part of the first generation of American composers to step out from the shadow of European models, her music deserves attention for its original and compelling structures and its expressive power. Crawford created new ways of writing melodies, of combining them in heterogeneous juxtaposition, of projecting musical ideas over the largest spans of time, and of structuring rhythm and dynamics alongside pitch. In her innovative musical language, Crawford wrote a small handful of works that should now take their rightful place in the musical modernist canon.…