A concise biographical study of the life and work of Anton von Webern. The book explores the idea that modern music is obscure by setting Webern's technical advances against the Romantic inheritance of 19th century Austro-Germany.

Anton von Webern (20th Century Composers)

Hayes, Malcolm

Humor & Entertainment

Phaidon Press

20th Century Music is a time capsule of music history for every decade from the start of the 1900s through the 1990s. This exciting series presents composers, musicians, and performers, along with their musical styles and movements, as they relate to the world events, people, politics, social changes, and technology of each era. Dynamic text, colorful images, and a convenient time line capture the tremendous talent and the colossal changes in every area of music from classical to rap.

20th Century Music

Children's Books

Parker,Steve

Arts, Music & Photography

Gareth Stevens Pub.

Discusses the influence of people and events worldwide in the first decades of the twentieth century which led to experiments with dissonance, modern ballet, and the birth of jazz.

20th Century Music; 1900-20 A History of Composers, Musicians, Songwriters, Opera, and Dance [New Horizons 20th Century Music Series)

Discusses the influence of people and events worldwide after World War I which led to a renewal of folk and national music, neo-classicism, the popularization of jazz, and political repression of musicians under communist and fascist regimes.

20S & 30s: Between the Wars (20th Century Music)

History

Discusses the influence of people and events worldwide when music served as World War II propaganda even as it blossomed into Broadway and Hollywood musicals, big bands, and bebop, then evolved into rock and roll.

40S and 50s from War to Peace (20th Century Music)

Discusses the influence of people and events worldwide in the 1960s which led to electronic experimentation, the blues, hard bop, protest songs, soul, and radical modernism in classical music.

1960's: The Age of Rock (20th Century Music)

Discusses the influence of people and events worldwide in the 1970s which led to developments in minimalism, modern opera and ballet, jazz-rock fusion, heavy metal, progressive rock, punk, and reggae.

1970'S Turbulent Times (20th Century Music)

Discusses the influence of people and events worldwide in the late twentieth century which led to crossover between musical genres, stadium rock fund-raisers, hip-hop, rap, and the rise of world music.

20th Century Music 80s & 90s Different Paths

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