Music of Joonas Kokkonen

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One of the most performed Finnish composers during the last 25 years, Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996) was also instrumental in the development of the nation's system of music education. In this study, Jurkowski (music, U. of Lethbridge, Canada) examines Kokkonen's compositions in each of five major genres: symphonic, orchestral, vocal, chamber, and key

About the author

Edward Jurkowski is Music Theory Professor at University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

Summary

The author's study of Joonas Kokkonen is the first full-scale account in English. Starting with a brief survey of Finnish music during the 20th century, the book then devotes a separate chapter to each of the major genres in which Kokkonen composed: symphonic, orchestral, vocal, chamber and keyboard.

Product details

• Authors: Jurkowski, Edward Jurkowski, Jurkowski Edward
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780815398011
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-9801-1
• No. of pages: 233
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters