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Postmodern music, postmodern listening / by Jonathan D. Kramer ; edited by Robert Carl.

By: Kramer, Jonathan D, 1942-2004 [author.]Contributor(s): Carl, Robert, 1954- [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016Description: xxvii, 372 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781501306013 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Music -- 20th century -- Philosophy and aesthetics | Music -- 21st century -- Philosophy and aesthetics | Postmodernism | Music | MusicDDC classification: 780.9'05 Summary: Kramer was one of the most visionary musical thinkers of the second half of the 20th century. In his 'The Time of Music', he approached the idea of the many different ways that time itself is articulated musically. This book has become influential among composers, theorists, and aestheticians. Now, in his almost completed text written before his untimely death in 2004, he examines the concept of postmodernism in music. Kramer created a series of markers by which we can identify postmodern works. He suggests that the postmodern project actually creates a radically different relationship between the composer and listener.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Kramer was one of the most visionary musical thinkers of the second half of the 20th century. In his 'The Time of Music', he approached the idea of the many different ways that time itself is articulated musically. This book has become influential among composers, theorists, and aestheticians. Now, in his almost completed text written before his untimely death in 2004, he examines the concept of postmodernism in music. Kramer created a series of markers by which we can identify postmodern works. He suggests that the postmodern project actually creates a radically different relationship between the composer and listener.

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