Music of the Twentieth Century A Study of Its Elements and Structure

• Main Author: Leeuw, Ton de (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam University Press 2005
• Subjects: History of art / art & design styles; Humanities; Social & cultural history; Music; Science: general issues; History; General Science; Art & Art History; Sociology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Ton de Leeuw (1926-96) is probably one of the most influential composers at the crossroads between Eastern philosophy and Western technique. A one-time pupil of Olivier Messiaen's in Paris, throughout the latter years of his musical career he concentrated on the marriage of Western emphasis on...