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Tight but Polite
Are there any good ones?
Ideally I'm after an overview / history of most of the 20th century (particularly one focussing more on avante garde stuff, not just Shos, Britten, Copeland etc) although I'd also be interested in things covering specific composers or scenes if they were good.
It'd be nice to find something that isn't afraid to get technical and cover the nuts and bolts of the techniques and forms involved as well, I'm a bit pedantic and get annoyed by things that expect you to understand the history of the ideas while only giving you a rough overview of what the ideas actually are.
Ideally I'm after an overview / history of most of the 20th century (particularly one focussing more on avante garde stuff, not just Shos, Britten, Copeland etc) although I'd also be interested in things covering specific composers or scenes if they were good.
It'd be nice to find something that isn't afraid to get technical and cover the nuts and bolts of the techniques and forms involved as well, I'm a bit pedantic and get annoyed by things that expect you to understand the history of the ideas while only giving you a rough overview of what the ideas actually are.