Music of the Twentieth Century : A Study of Its Elements and Structure
Music of the Twentieth Century : A Study of Its Elements and Structure | Ton de Leeuw The musical world of the twentieth century is a divided one. Numerous histories of it have been His work is a lucid and impassioned discussion of the elements, structures, compositional This book is an excellent guide for anyone wishing to gain knowledge of the compositional technique The strong post-1945 emphasis on concerted radical structural innovation of music had however largely passed. Ton de Leeuw basically wrote Music of the Twentieth Century in the period 1961 to 1962, a time of considerable change, both in contemporary music and in De Leeuw's book is presented as a study of the 'elements and structure' of twentieth-century music. This is most evident in the extensive... Technologies are fundamental to music and its marketing and dissemination, as is the categorisation of music by genre. In this research we examine the relationship between musical genre and technology by exami...