How to Understand(and Enjoy!) Atonal Music, Part 2: The Wars of the 1950s
Podcast: Sticky Notes: The Classical Music PodcastPublished On: Thu Aug 26 2021
Description: The 1950s featured a musical battle, pitting composers like Boulez, Carter, and Babbit against Bernstein, Copland, and Messaien. But how did the Post World War II movement towards total serialism and the avant-garde came about? And how did even the most forward thinking of artists become caught between the two camps of the tonalists and the serialists? We'll talk all about this today, as the battles between these two camps have ensnared almost every composer and continue to this day. Join us to learn more!
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