Eric Salzman (1) (1933–2017)
Author of Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction
For other authors named Eric Salzman, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Eric Salzman was born in Queens, New York on September 8, 1933. He received a bachelor's degree from Columbia College in 1954 and a master of fine arts degree from Princeton University in 1956. He became a music critic for several publications including The New York Times, The New York Herald show more Tribune, and Stereo Review. He was a champion of music theater and a composer. His works included The Nude Paper Sermon, The True Last Words of Dutch Schultz, Strike Up the Band!, Stauf, and Jukebox in the Tavern of Love. He wrote several books including 20th-Century Music: An Introduction. He died from cardiac arrest on November 12, 2017 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Eric Salzman
La música del siglo XX 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1933-09-08
- Date of death
- 2017-11-12
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Columbia College (BA ∙ 1954)
Princeton University (MFA ∙ 1956) - Occupations
- composer
author
impresario
music critic
record producer
birder - Organizations
- New York Times
Quog (founder of this performance group) - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Queens, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- New York, USA
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Offering complete, accurate coverage in a tightly condensed, simple format, this comprehensive exploration of modern music (to 1998) deals primarily with the music itself and musical ideas. It puts the whole century in a unified concept, helping readers make sense out of the heterogeneity. It explains the overall development of 20th century music in relation to the past and to two big cycles of contemporary music; and encompasses classical and experimental traditions as well as popular show more elements, media, multi-media, and theater. Twentieth-Century Music and the Past. THE BREAKDOWN OF TRADITIONAL TONALITY. The Sources. The Revolution: Paris and Vienna. THE NEW TONALITIES. Stravinsky and Neo-Classicism. Neo-Classicism and Neo-Tonality in France and Outside of France. National Styles. Musical Theater. ATONALITY AND TWELVE-TONE MUSIC. The Viennese School. The Diffusion of Twelve-Tone Music. THE AVANT GARDE. Before World War II. Technological Culture and Electronic Music. Ultra-Rationality and Serialism. Anti-Rationality and Aleatory. The New Performed Music: The United States. Post-Serialism: The New Performance Practice in Europe. POST-MODERNISM. Beyond Modern Music. Back to Tonality. Pop as Culture. Media and Theater. Music Examples. For courses anyone interested in 20th Century Music, Modern Music, or the History of Music. show less
Contenido: la música del siglo veinte y el pasado; la disolución de la tonalidad tradicional; las fuentes; la revolución: Paris; Debussy; La revolución: Viena; Stravinsky y el neo-clasicismo; el neo-clasicismo y la neo-tonalidad en Francia: Ravel; el neo-clasicismo y la neo-tonalidad fuera de Francia: Hindemith y la Gebrauchmusik; la difusión del neo-clasicismo; los estilos nacionales; la música para el teatro: Puccini y el verismo, la tradición wagneriana y la ópera expresionista; show more la ópera de género mixto y la ópera de cámara; la atonalidad y la música dodecafónica; la escuela vienesa; Schoenberg; Berg y Webern; la difusión de la música dodecafónica; la vanguardia; Ives; Varese; el ultra-racionalismo y al música electrónica; Babbitt y el serialismo; el serialismo europeo; al anti-racionalismo y la música aleatoria; la nueva música para la ejecución en vivo. show less
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