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100 1 _aMason, Daniel Gregory,
_d1873-1953
245 1 0 _aContemporary Composers
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2018
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2018-02-18
505 0 _aIntroduction: Democracy and music -- Richard Strauss -- Sir Edward Elgar -- Claude Debussy -- Vincent d'Indy -- Music in America.
508 _aProduced by Andrés V. Galia, Sarah Pridy, Astronomer, Jude Eylander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Contemporary Composers" by Daniel Gregory Mason is a critical examination of composers from the late 19th to early 20th century, likely written in the early 20th century. The book explores the impact of evolving social conditions on music, focusing on composers like Richard Strauss, Sir Edward Elgar, and Claude Debussy. Mason argues that many modern tendencies in music are a departure from the emotional depth valued in earlier works. At the start of the work, the author contemplates the connections between contemporary music and the broader social changes of the time, suggesting that the democratization of music has resulted in a divide between refined artistic standards and public taste. He reflects on how the patronage system has shifted, leading to a blend of higher and lower musical expressions and explores the implications of this shift for the future of music, emphasizing a need to return to deeper emotional and artistic expressions. This opening sets the tone for a thoughtful critique of modern musical practices against the backdrop of tradition and emotional integrity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aComposers
653 _aMusic -- 19th century -- History and criticism
653 _aMusic -- 20th century -- History and criticism
653 _aStrauss, Richard, 1864-1949
653 _aElgar, Edward, 1857-1934
653 _aDebussy, Claude, 1862-1918
653 _aIndy, Vincent d', 1851-1931
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56593
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