Grainger the modernist

Grainger the modernist

by Dreyfus, Kay Robinson, Suzanne

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Percy Grainger has remained on the margins of American music history and twentieth-century modernism. This volume reveals him to be a self-described 'hyper-modernist' who composed works of uncompromising dissonance, challenged the conventions of folk song collection and adaptation, re-visioned the modern orchestra, experimented with 'ego-less' composition and designed machines intended to supersede human application. By reappraising Grainger's social and historical connectedness and exploring t…

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  • Full title :Grainger the modernist / edited by Suzanne Robinson and Kay Dreyfus.

Summary

Percy Grainger has remained on the margins of American music history and twentieth-century modernism. This volume reveals him to be a self-described 'hyper-modernist' who composed works of uncompromising dissonance, challenged the conventions of folk song collection and adaptation, re-visioned the modern orchestra, experimented with 'ego-less' composition and designed machines intended to supersede human application. By reappraising Grainger's social and historical connectedness and exploring the variety of aspects of modernity seen in his activities, the authors create a profile of a composer.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Ashgate
  • Place of Publication:Burlington, VT
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781472420237, 1472420233
  • oclc:ocn904136800
  • LC Classification:ML410.G75
  • Dewey Decimal:780.92

Table of Contents

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Music Examples; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 'The Beauty of Bravery; 3 Grainger and the Performativity of Folk Song; 4 A 'Treat Equal to Wagner'; 5 'A Natural Innovationist'; 6 Giving Voice to 'the Painfulness of Human Life; 7 Grainger and the 'New Iconoclasts'; 8 The Hispanic Grainger; 9 Minstrelsy, Ragtime, 'Improvisatory Music' and Percy Grainger's 'Unwritten Music'; 10 When Grainger Was Ultra-Modernist; 11 'Serious Music'; 12 Percy Grainger, Henry Cowell and the Origins of the World Music Survey Course

13 Grainger as Educator14 Percy Grainger: A Pioneer of Electronic Music; Index

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Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Grainger, Percy MUSIC -- Genres & Styles MUSIC -- Reference

Writers

Dreyfus, Kay Robinson, Suzanne

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