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Music of the Twentieth Century

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Music of the Twentieth Century
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Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN/ASIN: 9053567658
ISBN-13: 9789053567654
Number of pages: 223

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Ton de Leeuw was a truly groundbreaking composer. As evidenced by his pioneering study of compositional methods that melded Eastern traditional music with Western musical theory, he had a profound understanding of the complex and often divisive history of twentieth-century music. Now his renowned chronicle is offered here in a newly revised English-language edition.

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