How Long to Read Roger Smalley: A Case Study of Late Twentieth-Century Composition

How Long Does it Take to Read Roger Smalley: A Case Study of Late Twentieth-Century Composition?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 54 minutes to read Roger Smalley: A Case Study of Late Twentieth-Century Composition by Dr Christopher Mark

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How does one go about writing the history of musical composition in the late twentieth century when, on the one hand, so much of it seems impossibly fractured and disassociated, and, on the other, there has been so little certainty about what the notion of 'music history' might entail under the critiques of post-modernism? One of the most productive ways forward is to pursue case studies involving single composers whose music reflects several aspects of recent activity. This enables the discussion of broad issues in a relatively focussed way whilst avoiding the pitfalls of traditional narrative histories and the centrifugal tendencies of the relativistic approach that some have called for. The music of the English-born (1943) and Australia-domiciled composer Roger Smalley is ideal material for such a study, because of his involvement with and response to an unusually large number of the myriad concerns and practices of post-1950s composition, including post-serial constructivism; parody; electro-acoustic composition and the electronic modification of conventionally-produced sound; Moment Form; aleatorism; minimalism; the use of non-Western resources (Aboriginal and South-East Asian sonorities); neo-Romanticism; and, arguably, the 'new classicism', as well as a brief flirtation with rock music in the late '60s. Employing an interview with the composer as a kind of cantus firmus, the book – the first extended single-author study of Smalley's music to be published – incorporates critical commentary on the composer's major works in a chronological narrative that engages with broad issues of central relevance to Smalley's generation, such as the process of learning the craft of composition in the early '60s; the motivation behind the adoption of certain technical and aesthetic positions; the effects on technical and aesthetic orientation of both the changing relationships between composer, performer, and audience and technological change; and the distinction between 'late-' and 'post-' modernism in music.

How long is Roger Smalley: A Case Study of Late Twentieth-Century Composition?

Roger Smalley: A Case Study of Late Twentieth-Century Composition by Dr Christopher Mark is 292 pages long, and a total of 73,584 words.

This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 90% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Roger Smalley: A Case Study of Late Twentieth-Century Composition Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 42 minutes to read Roger Smalley: A Case Study of Late Twentieth-Century Composition aloud.

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Roger Smalley: A Case Study of Late Twentieth-Century Composition is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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