{"product_id":"neoclassicism-in-music-scott-messing-9781878822734","title":"Neoclassicism in Music","description":"The first historical and critical study of neoclassicism from the genesis of the concept in fin de siecleFrance in the 1870s through the Schoenberg\/Stravinsky polemic. By the end of the nineteenth century the traits of \"classicism\" in music had become clearly established. This codification cast long shadows over contemporary artists, encouraging a movement away from order, continuity and tradition towards freedom, innovation and novelty - and the term neoclassicism made its first appearance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This study, the first ever critical examination of \"neoclassicism\" in music, provides a broad cultural context for the investigation of its origins, then looks in turn at Wagner and the French reaction to him; Saint-Saens, d'Indy, Debussy, Ravel and their French contemporaries; Germany and France in the decade which includes the First World War, with special reference to Thomas Mann and Ferrucio Busoni, and to Jean Cocteau and the \"New Simplicity\"; and Igor Stravinsky, the composer most frequently cited in connection with this term. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reprint; first published 1988.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Messing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 187882273X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781878822734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Rochester Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Scott Messing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939052388607,"sku":"9781878822734","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9aec64ff-fbfa-4e52-ba18-4b1489811a16.jpg?v=1681439214","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/neoclassicism-in-music-scott-messing-9781878822734","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}