A new theory of musical modernism, which brings contemporary philosophy into contact with music theory and interpretation.

Modernism is both a contested aesthetic category and a powerful political statement. Modernist music was condemned as degenerate by the Nazis and forcibly repla

Modernism is both a contested aesthetic category and a powerful political statement. Modernist music was condemned as degenerate by the Nazis and forcibly repla

The first in-depth historical analysis of British art music post-1945, providing a group-portrait of eleven composers ranging from avant-garde to pop.

The first study of the global dimensions of musical modernism and its transnational diasporic network of composers, musicians, and institutions.