Music, the Arts, and Ideas ：Patterns and Predictions in Twentieth-Century Culture

Publication subTitle ：Patterns and Predictions in Twentieth-Century Culture

Author： Leonard B. Meyer

Publisher： University of Chicago Press‎

Publication year： 2010

E-ISBN: 9780226521442

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780226521435

P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780226521435

Subject： J60 music theory

Keyword： Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics., Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.

Language： ENG

Access to resources Favorite

Disclaimer: Any content in publications that violate the sovereignty, the constitution or regulations of the PRC is not accepted or approved by CNPIEC.

Description

Meyer makes a valuable statement on aesthetics, criteria for assessing great works of music, compositional practices and theories of the present day, and predictions of the future of Western culture. His postlude, written for the books twenty-fifth anniversary, looks back at his thoughts on the direction of music in 1967.

The users who browse this book also browse