TY - GEN T1 - An Introduction to the Music of Milton Babbitt. T2 - Princeton legacy library. A1 - Mead, Andrew Washburn LA - English PP - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press YR - 2014 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn884013210 AB - In this celebration of Milton Babbitt's art, Andrew Mead explores the development of a central figure in contemporary American music. As a teacher and writer, Babbitt has influenced two generations of students, including such notable musicians as Stephen Sondheim and Donald Martino. He has helped establish the study of music theory as a serious academic pursuit, and his articles on Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and the twelve-tone system constitute a seminal body of research. But Babbitt is first and last a composer, whose works are, in Mead's words, ""truly music to be heard."" With Mead as a gu OP - 335 NO - Cover. CN - ML410.B066 SN - 9781400863334 SN - 1400863333 KW - Babbitt, Milton, : 1916-2011 : Criticism and interpretation. KW - Babbitt, Milton, : 1916-2011 KW - Twelve-tone system. KW - Dodécaphonisme. KW - MUSIC : History & Criticism. KW - Twelve-tone system KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -