Music in the early twentieth century - Taruskin, Richard; Taruskin, Richard (New York : Oxford University Press, 2010)
Reaching (for) limits -- Getting rid of glue -- Aristocratic maximalism -- Extinguishing the "petty 'I'" (transcendentalism, I) -- Containing multitudes (transcendentalism, II) -- Inner occurrences (transcendentalism, III) -- Socially validated maximalism -- Pathos is banned -- Lost--or rejected--illusions -- The cult of the commonplace -- In search of the "real" America -- In search of Utopia -- Music and totalitarian society.
Rev. ed. of: Oxford history of western music. Vol. 4, Early twentieth century. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 826-840) and index.
Keywords: Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism