Modernism and Popular Music

by Schleifer, Ronald

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A study of the performance and composition of early twentieth-century popular music in the context of 'high' modernism.

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Title Statements

Full title :Modernism and Popular Music. / Ronald Schleifer.

Summary

A study of the performance and composition of early twentieth-century popular music in the context of 'high' modernism.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Leiden
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (255 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781139092104, 1139092103, 9781139091213, 1139091212
oclc:ocn729167148
LC Classification:ML3477 .S35 2011
Dewey Decimal:781.6409/041

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: popular music and the experience of modernism; Modernity and modernism; The musicians; The structure of the argument; The aesthetics of popular music; A note on interdisciplinarity; Part I: Musical modernism: popular music in the time of jazz; Chapter 1 Classical modernity and popular music; Chapter 2 Twentieth-century modernism and "jazz" music; Part II: Gershwin, Porter, Waller, and Holiday; Chapter 3 Melting pot and meeting place: the Gershwin brothers and the arts of quotation.

Chapter 4 "What is this thing called love?": Cole Porter and the rhythms of desireChapter 5 Signifying music: Fats Waller and the time of jazz; Chapter 6 Music without composition: Billie Holiday and ensemble performance; Conclusion: popular music and the revolution of the word; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Criticism, interpretation, etc Gershwin, George Holiday, Billie jazz Jazz -- History and criticism Modernism (Music) Modernisme (Musique) Musique populaire -- Histoire et critiq… Popular music Popular music -- History and criticism.… Porter, Cole United States Waller, Fats