Robinson, Suzanne

Grainger the Modernist

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ISBN 13:: 9780367599591
author:: Robinson, Suzanne
format:: Paperback / softback
publisher:: Routledge
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2020
Pages:: 288
Dimensions:: 23.1 x 15.5 x 1.8 centimeters (0
Genre:: Music, General, Music,
Condition:: New
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Percy Grainger was a self-described 'hyper-modernist' composer who challenged conventions and experimented with new sounds. His music reflects his fascination with dissonance, folk song collection, and the modern orchestra. Grainger's work was influenced by innovators such as Ferrucio Busoni, Léon Theremin, and Henry Cowell, as well as his appreciation of vernacular, jazz, and folk musics from around the world. By exploring Grainger's social and historical context, this book reveals a composer who proposed radical new approaches to music-making. Through its reappraisal of Grainger's life and work, this volume offers a fresh perspective on a modernist composer whose aesthetic paralleled that of his contemporaries and anticipated practical experiments in some cases.

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