The challenge, in twentieth-century music, to the normative status of triadic tonality is one of the most far-reaching and extreme revolutions that the history
Most histories of American music have ignored the presence of twelve-tone music before and during the Second World War, and virtually all have ignored its prese
Jack Boss presents detailed analyses of Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone pieces, bringing the composer's 'musical idea' - problem, elaboration, solution - to lif
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