(Ebook) To Boulez and beyond 1st Edition by Pierre Boulez, Joan Peyser, Charles Wuorinen ISBN 9780810858770 0810858770

Joan Peyser offers a history of twentieth century music through the lives and works of its greatest composers in __To Boulez and Beyond__. Peyser provides historical context and suggests psychological insight for these masters, including Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern of the Second Viennese School; their immediate ancestors Wagner and Mahler; Rimsky-Korsakov and his pupil Stravinsky; and Hindemith, Bartók, Cowell, and Varèse. Discussing proponents of serialism and twelve-tone technique, as well as those who worked against these styles, the book also considers Berio, Stockhausen, Shostakovich, Babbitt, Copland, Wuorinen, and Cage, among others, describing how and why music moved throughout the 20th century. The largest section of the book is devoted to the life and works of Pierre Boulez. A new preface and a bibliography help to round out this revised and updated edition.

Part 1 Foreword

Part 2 Preface to the New Edition

Part 3 Acknowledgments

Chapter 4

Chapters 1-44

Part 5 Afterword

Part 6 Bibliography

Part 7 Index

Part 8 About the Author