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9780393315882

Twentieth-Century American Masters: Ives, Thomson, Sessions, Cowell, Gershwin, Copland, Carter, Barber, Cage, Bernstein

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393315882

  • ISBN10:

    0393315886

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-10-01
  • Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $16.95

Summary

The ten leading figures of American music in the 20th century are treated in this book. The range is wide: from the rambunctious originality of Charles Ives to the severe intellectualism of Elliott Carter, from the appealing lyricism of George Gershwin to the stark experimentalism of John Cage. The authors include some of the most eminent authorities on American music, among them John Kirkpatrick (Ives), William W. Austin (Copland), Charles Hamm (Cage), and Richard Crawford (Gershwin). Book jacket.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Preface
Charles Ives
Up to 1899p. 1
1899-1910p. 7
1911-20p. 10
1920-54p. 15
Stylesp. 18
Work-listp. 21
Bibliographyp. 47
Virgil Thomson
Careerp. 55
Stylep. 62
Work-listp. 64
Bibliographyp. 76
Roger Sessions
Lifep. 81
Teaching and writingsp. 84
Worksp. 84
Conclusionp. 90
Work-listp. 92
Bibliographyp. 95
Henry Cowell
Lifep. 101
Worksp. 108
Work-listp. 114
Bibliographyp. 133
George Gershwin
Boyhoodp. 137
From Broadway to "Rhapsody in Blue"p. 138
Years of celebrity and expansionp. 141
Gershwin as a songwriterp. 146
Concert works and "Porgy and Bess"p. 152
Work-listp. 159
Bibliographyp. 176
Aaron Copland
Lifep. 183
Worksp. 190
Stylep. 194
Work-listp. 202
Bibliographyp. 208
Elliott Carter
Lifep. 215
Early worksp. 217
Transitionp. 220
Works of 1948-59p. 221
The concertosp. 224
Later worksp. 227
Work-listp. 235
Bibliographyp. 238
Samuel Barber
Careerp. 243
Stylep. 248
Work-listp. 251
Bibliographyp. 258
John Cage
Chromaticsp. 263
Dance, percussion, prepared pianop. 264
Zen, I Ching, chancep. 267
Tape, theater, indeterminacyp. 269
Fame and notorietyp. 271
"Everything we do is music"p. 274
Reunions and celebrationsp. 275
Work-listp. 277
Bibliographyp. 283
Leonard Bernstein
Childhood and student years: 1918-43p. 291
Early career: 1944-50p. 292
Years of path-breaking activity: 1951-63p. 294
Later years: from 1963p. 295
Work-listp. 301
Bibliographyp. 305
Indexp. 307
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