02560nam 2200493 450 991079763710332120230807193500.01-4438-8459-6(CKB)3710000000485985(EBL)4534930(MiAaPQ)EBC4534930(Au-PeEL)EBL4534930(CaPaEBR)ebr11215941(CaONFJC)MIL839035(OCoLC)924632386(EXLCZ)99371000000048598520160620h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe kaleidoscope of women's sounds in music of the late 20th and early 21st centuries /By Kheng K. KoayNewcastle upon Tyne, England :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2015.©20151 online resource (212 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-7652-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Women composers and modern society -- Creativity, reception to and background of the composers -- Bold sound colors and space: Sofia Gubaidulina, Quaternion ; Joan Tower, String quartet no. 2, In memory -- Straddling classical and American vernacular idioms: Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Millennium fantasy ; Libby Larsen, Four on the floor -- The cross-over and national influences: Chen Yi, Ba Yin ; Judith Weir, Distance and enchantment.This book traces the development of music in the late 20th and early 21st centuries with regards to the work of six women composers: Sofia Gubaidulina, Joan Tower, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Libby Larsen, Chen Yi, and Judith Weir. The study integrates cultural contexts with the composers' biographies, their diverse compositional styles, and provides in-depth analyses of their musical works. The Kaleidoscope of Women's Sounds in Music of the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries offers a more detailed guide to not only these composers, but also their musical characters and styles, than previous studiesWomen composersWomen composersHistory20th centuryWomen composers.Women composersHistory780.82Koay Kheng K.1558915MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797637103321The kaleidoscope of women's sounds in music of the late 20th and early 21st centuries3823761UNINA