Music in Germany since 1968Alastair Williams.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (294 pages)
- Music Since 1900 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Music examples; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Contexts and institutions; Politics and ideas; Darmstadt; Institutions; Documentation; Dissemination and centres; Ensembles; 2 Expanded horizons: established composers after 1968; Ligeti and Nono; Kagel and Schnebel; Zimmermann, Killmayer and Bredemeyer; Henze; Stockhausen; 3 The refusal of habit: Helmut Lachenmann; 'Klangtypen' and 'musique concrète instrumentale'; Notturno, temA and Pression; Air and Kontrakadenz; Engaging tradition; Accanto and Salut für Caudwell Tanzsuite mit Deutschlandlied and Ein KinderspielMouvement, Ausklang, Staub and Second Quartet; Music with images; Perspectives; 4 Music and signs: Wolfgang Rihm; Tradition and inclusivity; Orchestral music; String chamber music; Piano music; Lieder; Fremde Szenen; Events, voices and layers; The Chiffre cycle and Klangbeschreibung; Frau/Stimme, Gesungene Zeit and Eine Stimme 1-3; Fleuve; Forms; Stage works -- and instrumental theatre; Jakob Lenz; Tutuguri; Die Hamletmaschine; Die Eroberung von Mexico; Séraphin; Discourses; 5 Contemporaries of Lachenmann and Rihm: the younger generation Refusal of habitHuber; Spahlinger; Ferneyhough; Historical reflection; Neo-Romanticism; Zimmermann; Goldmann; Heightened perception: the younger generation; Mahnkopf; Mundry; Saunders; Pintscher; Epilogue; Notes; Introduction; 1 Contexts and institutions; 2 Expanded horizons: established composers after 1968; 3 The refusal of habit: Helmut Lachenmann; 4 Music and signs: Wolfgang Rihm; 5 Contemporaries of Lachenmann and Rihm: the younger generation; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Alastair Williams argues that the social transformations of 1968 led to a new phase of art music in Germany.
9781107055292 9781107058767
Music. Music--History and criticism.--Germany--20th century