Research Catalog

Title

The kaleidoscope of women's sounds in music of the late 20th and early 21st centuries / by Kheng K. Koay.

Author

Koay, Kheng K.

Publication

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

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Description

xv, 196 pages : music; 22 cm

Summary

This book traces the development of music in the late 20th and early 21st centuries with regards to the work of six women composers: Sofia Gubaidulina, Joan Tower, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Libby Larsen, Chen Yi, and Judith Weir. The study integrates cultural contexts with the composers' biographies, their diverse compositional styles, and provides in-depth analyses of their musical works. --Publisher description.

Subject

• Gubaidulina, Sofia, 1931-
• Tower, Joan, 1938-
• Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe, 1939-
• Larsen, Libby
• Chen, Yi, 1953-
• Weir, Judith
• 1900-2099
• Music by women composers > 20th century > History and criticism
• Music by women composers > 21st century > History and criticism
• Music by women composers

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-191) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Women composers and modern society -- Creativity, reception to and background of the composers -- Bold sound colors and space: Sofia Gubaidulina, Quaternion ; Joan Tower, String quartet no. 2, In memory -- Straddling classical and American vernacular idioms: Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Millennium fantasy ; Libby Larsen, Four on the floor -- The cross-over and national influences: Chen Yi, Ba Yin ; Judith Weir, Distance and enchantment.

ISBN

• 9781443876520
• 1443876526

LCCN

2016561193

OCLC

912241366

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library