Introducing Modern Music
Introducing Modern Music by Otto Karolyi, published by Penguin Books on May 1, 1996, is a comprehensive guide that explores the evolution of modern music. This edition spans 352 pages and is presented in English. The book offers readers a technical understanding of the performance aspects of twentieth-century compositions, highlighting the significant shifts away from traditional concepts of form, tonality, harmony, rhythm, orchestration, and notation.
Readers will find a detailed examination of the works of influential composers such as Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Bartok, among others. Karolyi provides careful explanations of how these musical innovators have redefined composition, making this book a valuable resource for those interested in the development of contemporary music. The text serves as a companion to Karolyi’s earlier work, Introducing Music, and aims to enhance the reader’s appreciation of modern musical practices.
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In this companion to his popular Introducing Music Otto Karolyi offers a lively and comprehensive guide to modern music and provides the reader with some technical understanding of what happens when a twentieth-century composition is being performed. He looks at the ways in which modern music has moved away from traditional ideas of, for example, form, tonality, harmony, rhythm, orchestration and notation. Through careful and detailed explanation of this evolution he illuminates the works of composers such as Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Bartok and many other musical innovators who have broken away from traditional formulae in their composition.
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