The music of Sergei Prokofiev / Neil Minturn.
The music of Sergei Prokofiev / Neil Minturn.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1997.
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N780.92/P964.4/4
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1997.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
This important book is the first comprehensive analytical study of the music of Sergei Prokofiev. Neil Minturn sets the prolific Russian composer's work in historical, cultural, and autobiographical context and examines a generous and representative sampling of his compositions from a theoretical point of view.
Minturn finds a central theme of Prokofiev's oeuvre to be the interplay between tradition and innovation. He discusses the composer's diverse compositional procedures (tonal versus "modern" devices), as well as the political and cultural influences on Prokofiev's works. Minturn shows how the content and structure of individual pieces and movements...
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The music of Sergei Prokofiev / Neil Minturn.
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Composers of the twentieth century.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-233) and index.
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Date Copyright
c1997.
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N780.92/P964.4/4
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74VMQZZ0MZGA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQZZ0MZGA
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ISBN
0300063660 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300063660 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
780.92
MMS ID
991000342119702626
