Great Music of the 20th Century
Season 1

Ep 18. For Every Action an Equal Reaction

  • TV-PG
  • March 2, 2018
  • 47 min

Discover the music of visionary composers who turned away from Serialism and Ultraserialism, beginning with Hans Werner Henze and Luigi Nono. Assess the place of postwar Ultraserialism, and the factors that led many to reject it. Explore the extraordinary Stochastic or "sound mass" music of Iannis Xenakis, and how his innovations prefigured and influenced the phenomenal works of György Ligeti.

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  • First Aired
    March 2, 2018
  • Content Rating
    TV-PG
  • Runtime
    47 min
  • Language
    English
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