Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-180) and index
Modernity, modernism and music -- Myth and narrative in twentieth century musical culture -- The structure of musical revolutions -- Music in Max Weber's Sociology of modernity -- Modernity in Theodor Adorno's Philosophy of modern music -- Music in modern theories of communication -- Arnold Schoenberg : the composer as prophet -- Igor Stravinsky : the composer as priest -- Pierre Boulez : the composer as ascetic -- John Cage : the composer as mystic -- From avant-gardism to post-modernism -- Musical re-enchantment?
