Prelude to an American Symphony
Author : William Saroyan
Publisher :
Page : 2 pages
File Size : 25,63 MB
Release : 1934
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Author : William Saroyan
Publisher :
Page : 2 pages
File Size : 25,63 MB
Release : 1934
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Author : Neil Butterworth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,19 MB
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 0429789440
First published in 1998, this volume is the first book to focus on the American symphony. Neil Butterworth surveys the development of the symphony in the United States from early European influences in the last century to the present day, and asks why American composers have shown such allegiance to a musical form which their European contemporaries appear to have discarded. An overview of the growth of musical societies in America during the eighteenth century and the establishment of the first professional orchestras during the early part of the nineteenth century is followed by chronological analyses of the works of those composers who have played important parts in the progress of symphony in the United States, from Charles Ives, Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, to contemporary figures such as William Bolcom and John Harbison. Complete with a comprehensive catalogue of symphonies and an extensive discography, this book is an indispensable reference work.
Author : Janet Galligani Casey
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 34,64 MB
Release : 2004-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1587294753
The first collection of critical essays to focus specifically on the fiction produced by American novelists of the Depression era, The Novel and the American Left contributes substantially to the newly emerging emphasis on twentieth-century American literary radicalism. Recent studies have recovered this body of work and redefined in historical and theoretical terms its vibrant contribution to American letters. Casey consolidates and expands this field of study by providing a more specific consideration of individual novels and novelists, many of which are reaching new contemporary audiences through reprints. The Novel and the American Left focuses exclusively on left-leaning fiction of the Depression era, lending visibility and increased critical validity to these works and showing the various ways in which they contributed not only to theorizations of the Left but also to debates about the content and form of American fiction. In theoretical terms, the collection as a whole contributes to the larger reconceptualization of American modernity currently under way. More pragmatically, individual essays suggest specific authors, texts, and approaches to teachers and scholars seeking to broaden and/or complicate more traditional “American modernism” syllabi and research agendas. The selected essays take up, among others, such “hard-core"” leftist writers as Mike Gold and Myra Page, who were associated with the Communist Party; the popular novels of James M. Cain and Kenneth Fearing, whose works were made into successful films; and critically acclaimed but nonetheless “lost” novelists such as Josephine Johnson, whose Now in November (Pulitzer Prize, 1936) anticipates and complicates the more popular agrarian mythos of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. This volume will be of interest not only to literary specialists but also to historians, social scientists, and those interested in American cultural studies.
Author : William Stott
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 24,25 MB
Release : 1986-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226775593
"A comprehensive inquiry into the attitudes and ambitions that characterized the documentary impulse of the thirties. The subject is a large one, for it embraces (among much else) radical journalism, academic sociology, the esthetics of photography, Government relief programs, radio broadcasting, the literature of social work, the rhetoric of political persuasion, and the effect of all these on the traditional arts of literature, painting, theater and dance. The great merit of Mr. Stott's study lies precisely in its wide-ranging view of this complex terrain."—Hilton Kramer, New York Times Book Review "[Scott] might be called the Aristotle of documentary. No one before him has so comprehensively surveyed the achievement of the 1930s, suggesting what should be admired, what condemned, and why; no one else has so persuasively furnished an aesthetic for judging the form."—Times Literary Supplement
Author : Indiana State Symphony Society
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 10,40 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Symphony orchestras
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Author : Robert Lee Watt
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 17,8 MB
Release : 2024-05-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 1538194759
This book contains conversations with nineteen African American classical musicians currently performing—or who have previously performed—in America’s major symphony orchestras. Each chapter focuses on the story of one musician and sheds light on the realities of African American musicians playing in a musical environment that absolutely forbade their membership over half a century ago. These conversations explore the deeply ingrained prejudices that some hold against African American people in symphony orchestras, conservatories, and other musical institutions. By amplifying these voices, the book provides a variety of perspectives on the almost cloistered world of these beloved institutions. The stories and lessons shared in this book will be invaluable to music students, teachers, and orchestral professionals.
Author : Joseph Horowitz
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 34,76 MB
Release : 2005-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393057171
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.
Author : Aaron Copland
Publisher :
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 12,2 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Chamber-orchestra music, Arranged
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Author : James H. North
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 23,40 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Music
ISBN : 0810862093
This discography addresses all the recordings made by The Boston Symphony Orchestra and by the Boston Symphony Chamber Players. Each entry contains complete details of the recording session and work, including all the soloists and choruses, as well as issued discs and tapes in many formats. The material is cross-referenced in indexes organized by composer, conductor, and soloist. In addition to commercial recordings, this volume has separate sections on recordings issued by the U.S. government, recordings made by BSO musicians under other ensemble names, and 'pirate' recordings of BSO concerts and broadcasts.
Author : Charles Edward Russell
Publisher : Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Page
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 13,5 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Music
ISBN :
Biography of an interesting character and great musician who started the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.