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9780520233058

American Mavericks

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520233058

  • ISBN10:

    0520233050

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-12-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

Inspired by the San Francisco Symphony's highly successful American music festival last June, this book and its accompanying CD provide an entertaining survey of some of America's best-known composers--all of them controversial in their day.

Table of Contents

From the Editorsp. vii
Prefacep. ix
The American Maverick Traditionp. 1
The Maverick and the Publicp. 9
Search for the Modern: Early 20th-Century Mavericksp. 17
Finding an American Sound: Two Contemporariesp. 37
New Sources of Musical Sound: Technology and the Junkyardp. 51
Control and Beyond: The Postwar Avant-Gardep. 71
Mixed Voices: The '60s Generationp. 89
Postscript: Music for an Evolving Worldp. 117
American Mavericks at the San Francisco Symphony: The Programsp. 120
Notesp. 123
Illustration creditsp. 127
Bibliography/Discographyp. 128
Contributorsp. 134
Indexp. 136
CD contentsp. 150
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