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Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Two Centuries of Music in America
Author:
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Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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American Music in the Twentieth Century
Author: Kyle Gann
Publisher: Schirmer
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
American Music in the Twentieth Century surveys the art music written in the United States during the last 100 years from the groundbreaking experiments of Charles Ives to the present day. Writing for the general reader, Kyle Gann describes the characteristic sounds of the diverse movements that have sprung up in this eventful period, while at the same time he sketches the changing social and cultural contexts for American concert music, and provides concise biographies of key figures.
Publisher: Schirmer
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
American Music in the Twentieth Century surveys the art music written in the United States during the last 100 years from the groundbreaking experiments of Charles Ives to the present day. Writing for the general reader, Kyle Gann describes the characteristic sounds of the diverse movements that have sprung up in this eventful period, while at the same time he sketches the changing social and cultural contexts for American concert music, and provides concise biographies of key figures.
Twentieth-century Music
Author: Robert P. Morgan
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393952728
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Traces the currents that have shaped the development of music in the twentieth century and discusses the contributions of such composers as Mahler, Debussy, Stockhausen, Vaughan Williams, Bartok, and Stravinsky
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393952728
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Traces the currents that have shaped the development of music in the twentieth century and discusses the contributions of such composers as Mahler, Debussy, Stockhausen, Vaughan Williams, Bartok, and Stravinsky
Classical Music In America
Author: Joseph Horowitz
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393057171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
An award-winning scholar and leading authority on American symphonic culture argues that classical music in the United States is peculiarly performance-driven, and he traces a musical trajectory rising to its peak at the close of the 19th century and receding after World War I.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393057171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
An award-winning scholar and leading authority on American symphonic culture argues that classical music in the United States is peculiarly performance-driven, and he traces a musical trajectory rising to its peak at the close of the 19th century and receding after World War I.
American Popular Music Business in the 20th Century
Author: Russell Sanjek
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This book is an abridgment of the third volume of American Popular Music and Its Business--The First Four Hundred Years by Russell Sanjek, my late father. It covers the years 1900 to 1984, a rich and provocative period in the history of American entertainment, one marked by persistent technological innovation, an expansion of markets, the refinement of techniques of commercial exploitation, and the ongoing democratization of American culture.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This book is an abridgment of the third volume of American Popular Music and Its Business--The First Four Hundred Years by Russell Sanjek, my late father. It covers the years 1900 to 1984, a rich and provocative period in the history of American entertainment, one marked by persistent technological innovation, an expansion of markets, the refinement of techniques of commercial exploitation, and the ongoing democratization of American culture.
Music in America's Cold War Diplomacy
Author: Danielle Fosler-Lussier
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520284135
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
"During the Cold War, thousands of musicians from the United States traveled the world under the sponsorship of the U.S. State Department's Cultural Presentations program. Using archival documents and newly collected oral histories, this study illuminates the reception of these musical events, for the practice of musical diplomacy on the ground sometimes differed substantially from what the department's planners envisioned. Performances of music in many styles--classical, rock 'n' roll, folk, blues, and jazz--were meant to compete with traveling Soviet and Chinese artists, enhancing the reputation of American culture. These concerts offered large audiences evidence of America's improving race relations, excellent musicianship, and generosity toward other peoples. Most important, these performances also built meaningful connections with people in other lands. Through personal contacts and the media, musical diplomacy created subtle musical, social, and political relationships on a global scale. Although these tours were sometimes conceived as propaganda ventures, their most important function was the building of imagined and real relationships, which constitute the essence of soft power"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520284135
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
"During the Cold War, thousands of musicians from the United States traveled the world under the sponsorship of the U.S. State Department's Cultural Presentations program. Using archival documents and newly collected oral histories, this study illuminates the reception of these musical events, for the practice of musical diplomacy on the ground sometimes differed substantially from what the department's planners envisioned. Performances of music in many styles--classical, rock 'n' roll, folk, blues, and jazz--were meant to compete with traveling Soviet and Chinese artists, enhancing the reputation of American culture. These concerts offered large audiences evidence of America's improving race relations, excellent musicianship, and generosity toward other peoples. Most important, these performances also built meaningful connections with people in other lands. Through personal contacts and the media, musical diplomacy created subtle musical, social, and political relationships on a global scale. Although these tours were sometimes conceived as propaganda ventures, their most important function was the building of imagined and real relationships, which constitute the essence of soft power"--Provided by publisher.
A Hundred Years of Music in America
Author: Granville L. Howe
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Publisher:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Two Centuries of Music in America
Author: Raoul F. Camus
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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They Made America
Author: David Lefer
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 0316070343
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
An illustrated history of American innovators -- some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating -- by the author of the bestselling The American Century.
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 0316070343
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
An illustrated history of American innovators -- some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating -- by the author of the bestselling The American Century.
A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music
Author: Stewart Carter
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253005280
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Revised and expanded, A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth Century Music is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance; theatrical production; and much more. The volume includes new chapters on the violin, the violoncello and violone, and the trombone—as well as updated and expanded reference materials, internet resources, and other newly available material. This highly accessible handbook will prove a welcome reference for any musician or singer interested in historically informed performance.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253005280
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Revised and expanded, A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth Century Music is a comprehensive reference guide for students and professional musicians. The book contains useful material on vocal and choral music and style; instrumentation; performance practice; ornamentation, tuning, temperament; meter and tempo; basso continuo; dance; theatrical production; and much more. The volume includes new chapters on the violin, the violoncello and violone, and the trombone—as well as updated and expanded reference materials, internet resources, and other newly available material. This highly accessible handbook will prove a welcome reference for any musician or singer interested in historically informed performance.