Serbian and Greek art music : a patch to Western music history

The music of Serbia and Greece has long been a vital part of Balkan culture, but it has been excluded from the academic canon of Western music history. Katy Romanou corrects this oversight with Serbian and Greek Art Music , the first book in English on the subject. Written by seven renowned musicologists, the book stresses the interaction between music and politics and relates the efforts of local musicians to synchronize their musical environment with the West. Focusing on music education, musical culture, and creation, this timely volume will be of interest to musicologists and scholars of Balkan culture. Art Music In Serbia. Serbian Musical Theatre From The Mid-19th Century Until World War Ii / Biljana Milanović ; Musical Life In Serbia In The First Half Of The 20th Century : Institutions And Repertoire / Katarina Tomašević ; Features Of The Serbian Symphony In The First Half Of The 20th Century / Biljana Milanović ; The Music Of Ljubica Marić : The National And The Universal In Harmony / Melita Milin ; Serbian Music Of The Second Half Of The 20th Century : From Socialist Realism To Postmodernism / Melita Milin -- Art Music In Greece. The Ionian Islands / Katy Romanou ; The Greek National Music School / Yannis Belonis ; Nikos Skalkottas / Katy Romanou ; Chrēstou, Adamēs, Koukos : Greek Avant-garde Music During The Second Half Of The 20th Century / Nick Poulakis. Yannis Belonis ... [et Al.] ; Edited By Katy Romanou. Includes Bibliographical References And Index Of Persons. Serbian and Greek Art Music is the first ever book in the English language to examine the assimilation and development of western art music in Serbia and Greece during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Music education, music life and the creation of the two neighbouring nations since they gained freedom from the Ottomans in the nineteenth century are themes that reverberate through the volume. The book relates the efforts of local musicians to synchronize their musical environment with the West and achieve the inclusion of Serbian and Greek music in western music history, an aim that see