One of the most famous voices to have survived from the Roman world, Catullus's poetry is still amongst the most popular and widely read. But what is it that makes this 2,000-year-old voice so relevant, so personal, and so endlessly fascinating? Reinvigorating discussions around the nature of Catullus's lyricism, Catullus in Twentieth-Century Music takes a completely new approach to Catullus and ideas of lyric. It centres around four musical works from the twentieth century, each one capturing the essence of Catullus in musical retellings and showcasing a very personal response to the original text. Considering how and why these musical composers used Catullus's poetry as their stimulus allows us to uncover new ideas about Catullus's poetry. By considering the very process of reception, Stephanie Oade takes a broader view of lyric, identifying traits and characteristics that are common to both music and poetry, thus transcending the boundaries of individual art forms in order to consider the genre in larger, interdisciplinary terms. It offers insights into compositional processes and challenges audiences to think about ways of engaging with music and poetry. More than anything, it shows how ancient voices continue to resound in modernity and offer everlasting expression for our own experiences and emotions.

Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain...these are the people who helped shape the history of music. Their stories and others are told in Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century. This five volume set offers biographical and critical essays on over 600 musicians in just about every genre imaginable, from Accordion Players to Musical Theater Composers to World Music, and everything in between.

-- Literal translation -- AP-type Lyric tests -- Essay questions

Arthur Cohn turns his attention to thirty composers of this century in Western Europe--defining this century as beginning where Debussy ends. The discussion is based on attentive study of their compositions that have been recorded. Mr. Cohn discusses each man’s aesthetic criteria and follows with critical essays on each composition. The second section of the book rates some 2000 recordings, with notations on instruments, performing organizations and artists, conductors, labels, comparisons when more than one recording of the same work exists.

Music, in all forms--symphonies, concertos, tone poems, ballets, operas--of more than a hundred modern composers is discussed. In non-technical language Mr. Ewen provides the information necessary to understand and enjoy modern music.

Geographically arranged, with the composers listed alphabetically. Covers music composed since 1918. 960 p.

Traces the development of American music in folk song, national airs, the concert stage and musical composition.