Music in the early twentieth century

Publication Data

• Title Music in the early twentieth century
• Alternative Title Oxford history of western music. 4, Early twentieth century
• Author Richard Taruskin
• Publisher Oxford University Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Oxford
• Language English

Descriptive Notes

Originally published as: Oxford history of western music. Vol. 4, Early twentieth century. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Contents

Reaching (for) limits
Getting rid of glue
Aristocratic maximalism
Extinguishing the "petty 'I'" (transcendentalism, I)
Containing multitudes (transcendentalism, II)
Inner occurrences (transcendentalism, III)
Socially validated maximalism
Pathos is banned
Lost
or rejected
illusions
The cult of the commonplace
In search of the "real" America
In search of Utopia
Music and totalitarian society.

Topics

• Music :: 20th century :: History and criticism

Music in the early twentieth century by Richard Taruskin. ISBN 9780195384840. Published by Oxford University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.