An Introduction to the Music of Milton Babbitt.

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In this celebration of Milton Babbitt's art, Andrew Mead explores the development of a central figure in contemporary American music. As a teacher and writer, Babbitt has influenced two generations of students, including such notable musicians as Stephen Sondheim and Donald Martino. He has helped establish the study of music theory as a serious academic pursuit, and his articles on Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and the twelve-tone system constitute a seminal body of research. But Babbitt is first and last a composer, whose works are, in Mead's words, ""truly music to be heard."" With Mead as a gu.  Read more... Acknowledgments Prologue ONE Milton Babbitt's Compositional World Introduction The Twelve-Tone System Babbitt's Pitch Structures Babbitt's Rhythmic Structures TWO Mapping Trichordal Pathways (1947-1960) A Wellspring of Possibilities: The Composition for Four Instruments Realizing the Implications of the Composition for Four Instruments Additional Compositional Strategies THREE Expansion and Consolidation (1961-1980) Effects of All-Partition Arrays A Brief Venture into Comparative Anatomy Two (Short) Analyses FOUR The Grand Synthesis (1981- ). Superarray Structure and ProjectionSuperarray Compositions Concerted Superarray Compositions Trichordal Arrays and Superarrays Miniatures, Pieces D'Occasion New Departures Epilogue CATALOG OF COMPOSITIONS BY MILTON BABBITT ALL-PARTITION ARRAYS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY DISCOGRAPHY INDEX.