Download or read book Classic Essays on Twentieth-century Music written by Richard Kostelanetz and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays on 20th-century classical music, primarily written by the composers and performers who made the music. Designed as introduction to 20th-century music, the editors draw on original writings from Charles Ives to Phillip Glass.