Music in the Twentieth Century

Thus we find detailed and generally thorough, consideration of not just Cage's music and the techniques it employs but also the sources of the ideological standpoints from which the music is... — Music and Letters More…

Crammed with ... source material out of the BBC's capacious archives, this book offers a major contribution to the history of music in 20th-century Britain — BBC Music Magazine More…

It is an intelligently written ... study which assembles a great deal of contemporary thinking on the issue of modernism in the early 1950s ... Carroll's own reflections are well-considered... — Musical Times More…

Musical Modernism at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century is a thought-provoking read and written in an engaging and sometimes compelling style — Musical Times More…

This is a well-researched, densely thought and thought-provoking book. It is all too easy to take Stravinsky for granted at the end of the century, but Cross reminds us how long a shadow - and... — Music Teacher More…

The wealth of music examples he quotes is beautifully printed. His research is impeccable. An enlightening book — BBC Music Magazine More…