Introduction: Art Music as a Cultural Phenomenon: Modernism and Conservatism in the Twentieth Century |
Music and the Other Arts: Alban Berg and Wozzeck |
Reception Studies: Igor Stravinsky and The Rite of Spring |
Music and Nationalism: England: Ralph Vaughan Williams and On Wenlock Edge |
Music and Nationalism: The USA: Aaron Copland and Appalachian Spring |
Music and Totalitarianism: Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia: Dmitry Shostakovich and his Fifth Symphony |
Music and Gender: Women Composers: Ethel Smyth and The Wreckers |
Music and Gender: Homosexuality: Benjamin Britten and Peter Grimes |
Music and Christianity: Olivier Messiaen and the Quartet for the End of Time |
Music and Technology: Edgard Varèse and the Poème Electronique |
Music and Film: Minimalism: Philip Glass and Kundun |
Synthesizing Musical Traditions: Chinese American Composers: Tan Dun and the Orchestral Theatre Series |
Canadian Music: Environmental Music: R. Murray Schafer and the Patria Cycle |