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Australian Piano Music of the Twentieth Century de Larry Sitsky

Australian Piano Music of the Twentieth Century: Music Reference Collection

Autor Larry Sitsky
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 apr 2005 – vârsta până la 17 ani
This is the first book to comprehensively cover all of the Australian piano music of the 20th century. It is lavishly illustrated with over 300 music examples, giving a very clear picture of the various composers and styles. The composers are listed within various historical and stylistic blocks as well as within consideration of their own pianistic prowess. The large number of scores will help future researchers as well as recording and concert pianists who are searching for new and exciting repertoire.This is an invaluable book certain to appeal to music lovers, the professional musician and amateur, and students. In fact, anyone interested in the piano and its historical evolution will appreciate this volume.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780313322860
ISBN-10: 0313322864
Pagini: 356
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Seria Music Reference Collection

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

Larry Sitsky is Head of the Composition Department, School of Music, Australian National University. He is also the author of Music of the Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde (Greenwood Press, 2002).

Cuprins

List of Musical ExamplesAcknowledgmentPrefaceThe First GenerationComposers of Their Time: Early Modernists and NeoclassicistsComposers Looking Back: Late Romantics and the Nineteenth-Century LegacyThe "Australian" ComposersThe Second GenerationPost-1945 ModernismRetrospective ComposersMore "Australian" ComposersSitsky's Keyboard MusicThe Third GenerationThe Next Wave of ModernismMinimalism and MaximalismPluralism: Popular Music/Jazz/Neotonality"Australian" Composers: The Next GenerationThe Youngest ComposersThe Australian Piano ConcertoConclusionBibliographyAppendix: Database of Piano Works Considered

Recenzii

Australian Piano Music us abundantly illustrated with well-chosen excerpts from the scores discussed, and the individual treatment of each composer makes it an effective reference text, easily consulted for commentary on a particular composer. Those wishing to gain an overview of Australian music and cultural history will do well by reading it from beginning to end. An appendix, listing publication details of the works discussed, will help pianists seeking to explore new and unfamiliar repertoire.
Composer and pianist Sitsky offers a detailed overview of 20th-century Australian piano music. Using a wealth of musical examples, he explores the ways the genre has developed from the work of early modernist composers such as Margaret Sutherland through the contemporary jazz of pianist Simplicius Cheong.