Public Research Seminar: Janet Hilton

This lecture-recital aims to highlight three answers to the crisis of traditional harmony in the time of the Fin de siècleand the first half of the 20th century. Approaches such as Schönberg’s serialism or Messiaen’s modes of limited transposition have been widely studied. We explore fascinating and inspiring contributions to the music of the last century by three composers who are less frequently programmed and whose tonal languages are less familiar, Busoni, Hindemith and Wellesz.