Twentieth-Century Classical Music by Fiona Maddocks

Twentieth-Century Classical Music by Fiona Maddocks

Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES. ____________ How did modern classical music develop over the 20th Century? What enabled women to get their music performed in the early 1900s? Which classical composers borrowed from jazz? How did composers respond to politics and war? DISCOVER the stories behind Mahler's, Symphony No. 5 (1901-2), Ullman's Piano Sonata No. 7 (1944), Bernstein's West Side Story (1957), as well as learn about minimalism, jazz, swing, opera . . . AND UNDERSTAND TWENTIETH CENTURY CLASSICAL MUSIC. Discover the answers and more inside Fiona Maddocks' Twentieth Century Classical Music, the thrilling and accessible account that explains what happened throughout the 20th century, who the key composers were and what influenced them to write what they did?

The artwork is gloriously retro, echoing the original Ladybird house style but containing completely up to date information* Shiny New Books *

Fiona Maddocks is the classical music critic of The Observer. Her books include Hildegard of Bingen, Wild Tracks: Harrison Birtwistle and Music for Life.

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ISBN 13	9780718187866
ISBN 10	0718187865
Title	Twentieth-Century Classical Music
Author	Fiona Maddocks
Series	The Ladybird Expert Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2018-07-12
Number of pages	56
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