Anthology of Twentieth-Century Music

by Robert P. Morgan

Series:The Norton Introduction to Music History (1992)

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Since the music is characterized principally by its diversity-by the different schools and movements moving forward simultaneously-it poses special problems for those lacking extensive analytical experience. Therefore, Morgan has included, for each selection, an analytical essay in which he discusses the overall character of the music in question, avoiding special terminology and technical jargon wherever possible. All musical genres are represented and only complete works, movements or show more integral sections are included. To assist the reader, the book includes instructions on how to read a score and a chart of instrumental names and abbreviations. show less

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herebedragons 1,887 reviews

A good book, but on a subject that doesn't interest me a whole lot. I'm not a big fan of modern music (baroque is more my style). This was a textbook for one of my university music history classes.

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