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Musical modernism, as a book category, covers the creative upheavals in Western art music from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century and their continuing influence — treating composers, movements, techniques and debates that sought to break with tonal tradition and respond to rapid social, technological and aesthetic change. Titles range from histories and composer biographies (Debussy, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Bartók, Cage, etc.) to analytical studies of atonality, serialism, rhythm, timbre and extended techniques, critical theory and reception, performance practice, and interdisciplinary work linking music to literature, visual arts, philosophy, nationalism and modernity. Books in this category mix score analysis, archival research, cultural context and polemic, appealing to scholars, performers and curious readers interested in experimentation, formal innovation and the contested meanings of “modern” in music.

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