Description
| Product ID: | 9780252085000 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Music in American Life |
| Title: | Artful Noise |
| Subtitle: | Percussion Literature in the Twentieth Century |
| Authors: | Author: Thomas Siwe |
| Page Count: | 248 |
| Subjects: | Music reviews and criticism, Music reviews & criticism, Percussion instruments, Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music, Percussion instruments, Techniques of music / music tutorials |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Twentieth-century composers created thousands of original works for solo percussion and percussion ensemble. In this concise book, percussionist Thomas Siwe offers an essential and much-needed survey of groundbreaking musical literature. Twentieth-century composers created thousands of original works for solo percussion and percussion ensemble. Concise and ideal for the classroom, Artful Noise offers an essential and much-needed survey of this unique literature. Percussionist Thomas Siwe organizes and analyzes the groundbreaking musical literature that arose during the twentieth century. Focusing on innovations in style and the evolution of the percussion ensemble, Siwe offers a historical overview that connects the music to scoring techniques, new instrumentation and evolving technologies as well as world events. Discussions of representative pieces by seminal composers examines the resources a work requires, its construction, and how it relates to other styles that developed during the same period. In addition, Siwe details the form and purpose of many of the compositions while providing background information on noteworthy artists. Each chapter is supported with musical examples and concludes with a short list of related works specifically designed to steer musicians and instructors alike toward profitable explorations of composers, styles, and eras. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Illinois Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Illinois Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-07-08 |