“Music For the Masses”: Milton Babbitt's Cold War Music Theory

Along with such images of heroism, exploration, intransigence and insanity, Milton Babbitt has argued for and exemplified a special relationship between music theory and composition. Babbitt's important metatheoretical papers that began to appear in the late 1950s on this subject are discussed.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Musical quarterly 1993-07, Vol.77 (2), p.161-192
1. Verfasser:	Brody, Martin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	American Musics Avant garde music Babbitt, Milton Byron Composers Cultural diversity History Kitsch Mass settings Modernist art Music composition Music criticism Music theory Musical criticism Philosophy Scientific language
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Zusammenfassung:	Along with such images of heroism, exploration, intransigence and insanity, Milton Babbitt has argued for and exemplified a special relationship between music theory and composition. Babbitt's important metatheoretical papers that began to appear in the late 1950s on this subject are discussed.
ISSN:	0027-4631 1741-8399
DOI:	10.1093/mq/77.2.161