Musics with and after Tonality: Mining the Gap

This book explores 20th-century music that straddles tonal and serial styles, incorporating elements of both. It offers a deeper understanding of these musics through analytical, cultural, creative, and performance perspectives, featuring works by composers such as Frank Bridge, Ferruccio Busoni, and Alexander Scriabin.

Format: Hardback
Length: 252 pages
Publication date: 31 December 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive volume explores a fascinating realm of music that emerged at the turn of the 20th century, defying strict categorization into tonal or serial frameworks. These musical creations, known as metatonal, exist in a unique space, simultaneously embracing and transcending tonality, as they reimagine and reinterpret external codes and gestures of traditional music in innovative and distinctive ways. The composers and works examined in this book are approached from various analytical, cultural, creative, and performance perspectives by musicologists, performers, and composers. This multidisciplinary approach aims to provide scholars and students with a deeper understanding of these intricate musical compositions. The featured works encompass a diverse range of compositions by renowned artists such as Frank Bridge, Ferruccio Busoni, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Rebecca Clarke, John Foulds, Percy Grainger, Mary Howe, Carl Nielsen, Franz Schreker, Erwin Schulhoff, Cyril Scott, and Alexander Scriabin. By delving into the pages of this book, readers will embark on a transformative journey, enriching their own comprehension of music during the vibrant and dynamic era of the 20th century.

Weight: 653g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138316362