{"product_id":"neoclassicism-in-music-9781878822734","title":"Neoclassicism in Music","description":"The first historical and critical study of neoclassicism from the genesis of the concept in \u003ci\u003efin de siecle\u003c\/i\u003eFrance 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Reprint; first published 1988.","brand":"Scott Messing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280769790203,"sku":"9781878822734","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781878822734_49242233-fd84-4c93-a525-1ea2773c7c42.jpg?v=1772487861","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/neoclassicism-in-music-9781878822734","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}