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The modern percussion revolution : journeys of the progressive artist / edited by Kevin Lewis, Gustavo Aguilar.

Contributor(s): Lewis, Kevin D [editor.] | Aguilar, Gustavo, 1962- [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge research in musicPublisher: London : Routledge, 2014Description: 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415716956 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Percussion music -- History and criticism | Percussionists -- History -- 20th century | Percussionists -- History -- 21st century | Music | MusicDDC classification: 786.8 Summary: More than eighty years have passed since Edgard Varese's catalytic work for percussion ensemble, Ionisation, was heard in its New York premiere. A flurry of pieces for this new medium dawned soon after, challenging the established truths and preferences of the European musical tradition while setting the stage for percussion to become one of the most significant musical advances of the twentieth century.
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More than eighty years have passed since Edgard Varese's catalytic work for percussion ensemble, Ionisation, was heard in its New York premiere. A flurry of pieces for this new medium dawned soon after, challenging the established truths and preferences of the European musical tradition while setting the stage for percussion to become one of the most significant musical advances of the twentieth century.

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