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Excerpt from Serial Techniques in the Recent Music of Igor Stravinsky
After the finede-siecle dost-romantic dilemma, music split into two broad streams--the out-and-out chromaticism of the Viennese school which continued the post-romantic tradition, and the pandiatonic/polyharmonic school that broke with it. No man was more responsible for the break than Igor Stravinsky, who has become one of the chief bell-wethers of twentieth century music. Long considered diametrically Opposed to the Schoenbergian school, when Stravinsky a few years ago was discovered to have adopted serial techniques, the musical world, for the most part, reacted with shock and incredulity on the one hand, and with cynicism and amusement on the other. Strangely, the most significant fact of all was generally overlooked, namely, that Stravinsky''s serial ''music still sounded unmistakably like Stravinsky, and not at all like any of the serial music of the Viennese school. Moreover, it was still firmly grounded in tonality--s seeming contradiction in terms.
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After the finede-siecle dost-romantic dilemma, music split into two broad streams--the out-and-out chromaticism of the Viennese school which continued the post-romantic tradition, and the pandiatonic/polyharmonic school that broke with it. No man was more responsible for the break than Igor Stravinsky, who has become one of the chief bell-wethers of twentieth century music. Long considered diametrically Opposed to the Schoenbergian school, when Stravinsky a few years ago was discovered to have adopted serial techniques, the musical world, for the most part, reacted with shock and incredulity on the one hand, and with cynicism and amusement on the other. Strangely, the most significant fact of all was generally overlooked, namely, that Stravinsky''s serial ''music still sounded unmistakably like Stravinsky, and not at all like any of the serial music of the Viennese school. Moreover, it was still firmly grounded in tonality--s seeming contradiction in terms.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
David Ward-Steinman
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ISBN - 9780331593051
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 353
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Author
David Ward-Steinman
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ISBN - 9780282616014
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 355
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