Twentieth-Century Chamber Music, Paperback / softback Book

Twentieth-Century Chamber Music Paperback / softback

Part of the Routledge Studies in Musical Genres series

Paperback / softback

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20th-Century Chamber Music features an introduction giving a chronological overview of 20th-century chamber music and the major composers in the style, setting in context the following chapters that cover a wide selection of chamber works grouped thematically, including program music; vocal chamber music; works for new ensembles; the modern sonata; and contemporary string quartets.

Composers covered range from Schoenberg and Bartók to Toru Takemitsu and George Crumb.

The book is ideal for a course focussing on the history of chamber music or a unit in a 20th-century music on the chamber works of the era.

Plus, students and scholars will find it an excellent resource summarizing current research.

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