September 2010
Beginner
376 pages
12h 7m
English
We’ve talked a lot about the 20th century and all the different aleatoric aspects of modern music. It can start to sound like all contemporary music is based on mathematical endeavors. However, throughout the 20th century, there have been several returns to compositions with a melodic and emotional emphasis.
The first such return was in the 1930s with the founding of La Jeune France, a group of French composers, including Andrè Jolivet and Olivier Messiaen, who concentrated heavily on the mystic, a concept that is a massive departure from modernist ...
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