For most music historians, the modernism of the twentieth century was until recently the only appearance of the "modern" in music. The widely perceived recent d
This book encourages a debate over musical modernity; a debate considering the question whether an examination of the history of European art music may enrich o
Pop music and rock music are often treated as separate genres but the distinction has always been blurred. Motti Regev argues that pop-rock is best understood a
"Aesthetics and Modernity brings together Agnes Heller's most recent essays around the topics of aesthetic genres such as painting, music, literature and comedy
Since 1945 the emphasis in new music has lain in a desire for progress, a concept challenged by postmodernist aesthetics. In this study, Alastair Williams ident