Musical Cultures of the Twentieth Century
About the Book Series
Series Editor: Gianmario Borio. Series Advisory Board: Robert Adlington, Esteban Buch, Mark Delaere, Giovanni Giuriati, Iwona Lindstedt, Wolfgang Rathert and Britta Sweers
The series Musical Cultures of the Twentieth Century adopts a collaborative model for the study of key issues in twentieth-century music. The basis for each volume is a conference drawing together leading scholars from across Europe and beyond; conference themes are determined by the series’ distinguished international advisory board, with a view to developing new knowledge and understanding that reflects dialogue between scholars of different nationalities and theoretical backgrounds. Particular emphasis is placed upon recognition of the multiplicity of conceptions, artefacts, events and communities which characterised musical life in the last century. Accordingly, individual volumes seek to interrogate themes that encompass diverse musical genres and disciplinary perspectives.
The series was conceived as a project of the Institute of Music of the Giorgio Cini Foundation, Venice, where many of the conferences are convened.
Scoring Italian Cinema: Patterns of Collaboration
1st Edition
Edited
By Giorgio Biancorosso, Roberto Calabretto
May 12, 2025
Scoring Italian Cinema: Patterns of Collaboration redefines what it means to write music for the cinema. In eight richly illustrated chapters and a deft introduction, nine leading music and film scholars revisit the great theme of artistic collaboration from a heretofore unexplored angle: the ...
Noise as a Constructive Element in Music: Theoretical and Music-Analytical Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Mark Delaere
May 27, 2024
Music and noise seem to be mutually exclusive. Music is generally considered as an ordered arrangement of sounds pleasing to the ear and noise as its opposite: chaotic, ugly, aggressive, sometimes even deafening. When presented in a musical context, noise can thus act as a tool to express ...
The Mediations of Music: Critical Approaches after Adorno
1st Edition
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By Gianmario Borio
May 27, 2024
Adorno believed that a circular relationship was established between immediacy and mediation. Should we now say that this model with its clear Hegelian influence is outdated? Or does it need some theoretical integration? This volume addresses these questions by covering the performance of music, ...
The Female Voice in the Twentieth Century: Material, Symbolic and Aesthetic Dimensions
1st Edition
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By Serena Facci, Michela Garda
September 26, 2022
By integrating theoretical approaches to the female voice with the musicological investigation of female singers’ practices, the contributors to this volume offer fresh viewpoints on the material, symbolic and cultural aspects of the female voice in the twentieth century. Various styles and genres ...
Finding Democracy in Music
1st Edition
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By Robert Adlington, Esteban Buch
May 30, 2022
For a century and more, the idea of democracy has fuelled musicians’ imaginations. Seeking to go beyond music’s proven capacity to contribute to specific political causes, musicians have explored how aspects of their practice embody democratic principles. This may involve adopting particular ...
Composing for the State: Music in Twentieth-Century Dictatorships
1st Edition
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By Esteban Buch, Igor Contreras Zubillaga, Manuel Deniz Silva
February 07, 2019
Under the dictatorships of the twentieth century, music never ceased to sound. Even when they did not impose aesthetic standards, these regimes tended to favour certain kinds of art music such as occasional works for commemorations or celebrations, symphonic poems, cantatas and choral settings. In ...