The music of Ruth Crawford Seeger / Joseph N. Straus.

Author
Straus, Joseph Nathan [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Description
xii, 260 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

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Mendel Music Library - Stacks ML410.S4446 S77 1995 Browse related items Request

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    Series
    Music in the twentieth century [More in this series]
    Summary note
    This book is the first full-length analytical study of the music of Ruth Crawford Seeger. Crawford was a pivotal figure in the American avant-garde, the so-called 'ultra-modern' movement of the 1920s and 1930s. In addition to her historical significance, as part of the first generation of American composers to step out from the shadow of European models, her music deserves attention for its original and compelling structures and its expressive power. Crawford created new ways of writing melodies, of combining them in heterogeneous juxtaposition, of projecting musical ideas over large spans of time, and of structuring rhythm and dynamics alongside pitch. In her innovative musical language, Crawford wrote a small handful of works that should now take their rightful place in the musical modernist canon.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-256) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • Elements of a style. Melody ; Register ; Large-scale designs ; Precompositional plans ; Counterpoint ; Harmony ; Rhythm ; Dynamics
    • Six analyses. "Rat Riddles" from Three Sandburg Songs ; "Prayers of Steel" from Three Sandburg Songs ; String Quartet, third movement ; String Quartet, fourth movement ; Suite for Wind Quintet, first movement ; Suite for Wind Quintet, third movement
    • Crawford's music in its context. In the context of her biography ; In the context of the ultra-modern movement ; In the context of the history of women in music.
    ISBN
    • 0521416469
    • 9780521416467
    LCCN
    94021135
    OCLC
    30664263
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