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Sourcebooks, Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Language
English
Pages
247

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Subjects
History and criticism, Music, Music, history and criticism, Music, american
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United States

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Table of Contents

Introduction: The dawn of American classical music
From founding through revolution
The awakening
Transplanting romantic European traditions
Into the twentieth century: the traditionalists
American impressionists and folklorists
New England iconoclast: Charles Ives
From bandstand to Broadway: the 1890s to 1930s
The earlier struggles of American opera
Modernism elbows its way into the concert hall
Europeans abroad
Between the World Wars: Americans struggle to be heard
Lighter hearts of the 1920s and 1930s
Perpetuating the romantic tradition
America goes to war: the 1940s
Exploring the frontiers of sound
The melting-pot of American opera and musical theatre
Anxiety's son: Leonard Bernstein
The age of anxiety: music in the Cold War era
Making the most of minimalism
Today and into tomorrow: old glory and new
Conclusion.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Naperville, Ill

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Dewey Decimal Class
781.6/80973
Library of Congress
ML200 .S34 2007, ML200.S34 2007

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p. cm.
Number of pages
247

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OL17932818M
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historyofamerica00sche
ISBN 13
9781402210679
LCCN
2007020380
OCLC/WorldCat
132583762
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4632703
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2238356

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