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The Kaleidoscope of women's sounds in music of the late 20th and early 21st centuries / by Kheng K Koay.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015Description: 1 online resource (xv, 196 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781443884594
  • 1443884596
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Kaleidoscope of women's sounds in music of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.DDC classification:
  • 781.68092/2 23
LOC classification:
  • ML390 .K715 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Women composers and modern society -- Creativity, reception to and background of the composers -- Bold sound colors and space: Sofia Gubaidulina, Quaternion ; Joan Tower, String quartet no. 2, In memory -- Straddling classical and American vernacular idioms: Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Millennium fantasy ; Libby Larsen, Four on the floor -- The cross-over and national influences: Chen Yi, Ba Yin ; Judith Weir, Distance and enchantment.
Summary: This book traces the development of music in the late 20th and early 21st centuries with regards to the work of six women composers: Sofia Gubaidulina, Joan Tower, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Libby Larsen, Chen Yi, and Judith Weir. The study integrates cultural contexts with the composers' biographies, their diverse compositional styles, and provides in-depth analyses of their musical works. The Kaleidoscope of Women's Sounds in Music of the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries offers a more detailed guide to not only these composers, but also their musical characters and styles, than previous studies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Women composers and modern society -- Creativity, reception to and background of the composers -- Bold sound colors and space: Sofia Gubaidulina, Quaternion ; Joan Tower, String quartet no. 2, In memory -- Straddling classical and American vernacular idioms: Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Millennium fantasy ; Libby Larsen, Four on the floor -- The cross-over and national influences: Chen Yi, Ba Yin ; Judith Weir, Distance and enchantment.

This book traces the development of music in the late 20th and early 21st centuries with regards to the work of six women composers: Sofia Gubaidulina, Joan Tower, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Libby Larsen, Chen Yi, and Judith Weir. The study integrates cultural contexts with the composers' biographies, their diverse compositional styles, and provides in-depth analyses of their musical works. The Kaleidoscope of Women's Sounds in Music of the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries offers a more detailed guide to not only these composers, but also their musical characters and styles, than previous studies.

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