Analytical Approaches to 20th-Century Russian Music - 9780367430337

Taylor & Francis

Analytical Approaches to 20th-Century Russian MusicTonality, Modernism, Serialism\nAuthor(s): Inessa Bazayev, Christopher Segall\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367430337, 978-0367430337\nSynopsis\nThis volume brings together analyses of works by thirteen Russian composers from across the twentieth century, showing how their approaches to tonality, modernism, and serialism forge forward-looking paths independent from their Western counterparts. Russian music of this era is widely performed, and much research has situated this repertoire in its historical and social context, yet few analytical studies have explored the technical aspects of these composers' styles. With a set of representative analyses by leading scholars in music theory and analysis, this book for the first time identifies large-scale compositional trends in Russian music since 1900.\n\nThe chapters progress by compositional style through the cen.