An Introduction to the Music of Milton Babbitt.

An Introduction to the Music of Milton Babbitt.

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Author / Creator:Mead, Andrew Washburn, author.
Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Description:1 online resource (335 pages)
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library
Princeton legacy library.
Subject:
Babbitt, Milton, -- 1916-2011 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Babbitt, Milton, -- 1916-2011.
Twelve-tone system.
Twelve-tone system.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11275449
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ISBN:9781400863334
1400863333
Notes:Cover.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:In this celebration of Milton Babbitt's art, Andrew Mead explores the development of a central figure in contemporary American music. As a teacher and writer, Babbitt has influenced two generations of students, including such notable musicians as Stephen Sondheim and Donald Martino. He has helped establish the study of music theory as a serious academic pursuit, and his articles on Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and the twelve-tone system constitute a seminal body of research. But Babbitt is first and last a composer, whose works are, in Mead's words, ""truly music to be heard."" With Mead as a gu.
Other form:Print version: Mead, Andrew. An Introduction to the Music of Milton Babbitt. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014

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