Previously published: Great Britain : David West Children's Books, 2001. With additional end matter.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
Discusses the influence of people and events worldwide after World War I which led to a renewal of folk and national music, neo-classicism, the popularization of jazz, and political repression of musicians under communist and fascist regimes.
Contents
Rebuilding and rethinking -- Twelve-tone music -- Berg and opera -- Folk sounds -- From Germany to America -- Stravinsky and neoclassicism -- Great conservatives -- Local color -- Jazz and musicals -- America and Americas -- Soviet Russia -- Britain and Britten -- Composers react to Fascism.