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xv, 373 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
Covers musical changes since World War II, and then reviews the work of 50 composers since 1960.
I: Beginning again: from 1945 to the early 1960s -- Europe I: commencement, 1945-1951 -- America 1: silencing music, 1945-1952 -- Europe 2: total organization, 1949-1954 -- America 2: classic modernism -- Europe 3: achievement, 1953-1957 -- America 3: after silence, 1952-1961 -- Europe 4: mobile form, 1956-1962 -- Elder responses -- Europe 5: disintegrations, 1959-1964 -- II: Six waves and five masters: the 1960s and 1970s -- Of elsewhen and elsewhere -- Music theatre -- Politics -- Virtuosity and improvisation -- Computer music -- Minimalism and melody -- Five masters -- III: Many rivers: the 1980s and 1990s -- String and knots.
Revised edition of: Modern music : the avant garde since 1945. 1981.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-362) and index.