Introduction; Part I. Thirty-Seven Ways to Write a Twelve-Tone Serial Piece: 1. 'Ultra-modern' composers; 2. European immigrants; 3. Postwar pioneers; 4. An older generation (composers born before 1920); 5. Some serial neoclassicists, tonalists, jazzers, and minimalists; 6. A middle generation (composers born 1920–40); 7. A younger generation (composers born after 1940); Part II. American Twelve-Tone Serialism in Context: 8. The composition of twelve-tone music in America; 9. The history of twelve-tone music in America; 10. The reception of twelve-tone music in America; 11. Conclusion.
This book investigates the important role twelve-tone composition has played in American music from 1927 to the present day.
Joseph N. Straus is Distinguished Professor in the Music Department, Graduate Center, City University of New York.
"A worth-while introduction to American twelve-tonality." --The Opera Journal
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