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The American Symphony

Author : Neil Butterworth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429789440
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book The American Symphony written by Neil Butterworth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

American Symphony: Other White Lies

Author : Suiyi Tang
Publisher : Civil Coping Mechanisms
ISBN 13 : 9781948700986
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book American Symphony: Other White Lies written by Suiyi Tang and published by Civil Coping Mechanisms. This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Symphony is a portrait of a portrait, a mirror's reflection of someone that's gone missing, a speculative memoir that takes cues and challenges from works by Kathy Acker, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, and Jenny Zhang. S has made it her duty to be the editor, piecing together how ! had disappeared, picking apart the words that ! had left behind in hopes of discovering what went wrong. Through a captivating assemblage of literary pieces, S solves the puzzle, inadvertently creating an impression of what people remember most of the missing and the dead. Melancholic and bravely honest, Suiyi Tang has achieved something thought to be impossible, taking linguistic fortitude and bending it into a new shape, achieving new emotional heights. American Symphony: Other White Lies is an existential travelogue that reminds me just how much the hyper-conscious 21st-century self sometimes longs for abandonment; if only we could unshackle ourselves from the conditions of our era, our origins, even our memories. Tang's prose is at once futuristic yet nostalgic, deeply interior yet fantastical, and freely associative in search of its own set of truths. The worlds Tang has built linger, and their insistent weight is sure to incite revelations big and small. - Grace Shuyi Liew, author of Careen

The Great American Symphony Orchestra

Author : Anthony J. Cirone
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1574631950
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book The Great American Symphony Orchestra written by Anthony J. Cirone and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Meredith Music Resource). This book is a must-read for anyone interested in acquiring a "back-stage" tour of symphony life, not included in the price of a box-office ticket! Gain a behind-the-scenes look at the orchestra as a family; its discipline, artistry, and devotion, the overwhelming audition process, and the good and bad about the orchestra musicians' profession. Learn about the love-hate relationship between musicians and conductors as the author shares his experiences performing under conductors Josef Krips, Seiji Ozawa, Edo DeWaart, Herbert Blomsted, Michael Tilson Thomas, Eugene Ormandy, Igor Stravinsky, Arron Copland, and Arthur Fiedler. Discover conductors' dictatorial control, interpretative powers, and technical skills, as revealed through quotes from James Levine, John Barbariolli, Gustav Mahler, Daniel Barenboim, and Herbert von Karajan. Examine comments from Leonard Bernstein, Arturo Toscanini, Carl Nielsen, and Lou Harrison that bring a unique awareness to avante-garde music in the chapter titled Cruel and Unmusical. Understand the difference between conducting talent and composing talent and how rare it is to possess both.

The American Symphony Orchestra

Author : John Henry Mueller
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The American Symphony Orchestra written by John Henry Mueller and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1976 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Great American Symphony

Author : Nicholas Tawa
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253002877
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Great American Symphony written by Nicholas Tawa and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The years of the Great Depression, World War II, and their aftermath brought a sea change in American music. This period of economic, social, and political adversity can truly be considered a musical golden age. In the realm of classical music, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Howard Hanson, Virgil Thompson, and Leonard Bernstein -- among others -- produced symphonic works of great power and lasting beauty during these troubled years. It was during this critical decade and a half that contemporary writers on American culture began to speculate about "the Great American Symphony" and looked to these composers for music that would embody the spirit of the nation. In this volume, Nicholas Tawa concludes that they succeeded, at the very least, in producing music that belongs in the cultural memory of every American. Tawa introduces the symphonists and their major works from the romanticism of Barber and the "all-American" Roy Harris through the theatrics of Bernstein and Marc Blitzstein to the broad-shouldered appeal of Thompson and Copland. Tawa's musical descriptions are vivid and personal, and invite music lovers and trained musicians alike to turn again to the marvelous and lasting music of this time.

Twenty-seven Major American Symphony Orchestras

Author : Kate Hevner Mueller
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Twenty-seven Major American Symphony Orchestras written by Kate Hevner Mueller and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American symphony orchestra

Author : John Henry Mueller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The American symphony orchestra written by John Henry Mueller and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American Symphony Orchestra

Author : John Henry Mueller
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265936313
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book The American Symphony Orchestra written by John Henry Mueller and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Symphony Orchestra: A Social History of Musical Taste 3 Profiles of Major American Orchestras the new york philharmonic-symphony society (1842) the new york symphony society (1878) the boston symphony orchestra (1881) the chicago symphony orchestra (1891) the cincinnati symphony orchestra (1895) the philadelphia orchestra (1900) the minneapolis symphony orchestra (1903) the st. Louis symphony society (1907) the san francisco symphony orchestra (191 1) the cleveland orchestra (1918) the los'angeles philharmonic orchestra 1919) the pittsburgh symphony orchestra the detroit symphony orchestra. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Americanizing the American Orchestra

Author : National Task Force for The American Orchestra, An Initiative for Change
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Americanizing the American Orchestra written by National Task Force for The American Orchestra, An Initiative for Change and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Perilous Life of Symphony Orchestras

Author : Robert J. Flanagan
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300171935
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Perilous Life of Symphony Orchestras written by Robert J. Flanagan and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the economic challenges facing symphony orchestras and contrasts the experience of orchestras in the United States (where there is little direct government support) and abroad (where governments typically provide large direct subsidies). Robert J. Flanagan explains the tension between artistic excellence and financial jeopardy that confronts most symphony orchestras. He analyzes three complementary strategies for addressing orchestras' economic challenges—raising performance revenues, slowing the growth of performance expenses, and increasing nonperformance income—and demonstrates that none of the three strategies alone is likely to provide economic security for orchestras.

Classical Music In America

Author : Joseph Horowitz
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393057171
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Classical Music In America written by Joseph Horowitz and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005-03-15 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

We Start with Music

Author : American Symphony Orchestra League
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Start with Music written by American Symphony Orchestra League and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American Symphony Orchestra

Author : Scot Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book The American Symphony Orchestra written by Scot Moore and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

William Grant Still

Author : Catherine Parsons Smith
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252033221
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book William Grant Still written by Catherine Parsons Smith and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compact introduction to the life and work of eminent African American composer William Grant Still (1895-1978), Catherine Parsons Smith tracks the composer's interrelated careers in popular and concert music. Still merged both musical traditions in his work, studying composition with George W. Chadwick at the New England Conservatory, collaborating with Langston Hughes on "Troubled Island," and working as a commercial arranger and composer on Broadway and radio during the Harlem Renaissance. Still also played in the pit band for "Shuffle Along," served as recording director for the first black-owned record label, Black Swan, and arranged music for artists such as Sophie Tucker, Paul Whiteman, and Artie Shaw. Best known for his "Afro-American Symphony" and other works that drew heavily on black American musical heritage, Still struggled against financial hardship and declining attention to his work, which he attributed to political and racist conspiracies. This "dean of Afro-American composers" created his own, unique version of musical modernism, influencing commercial music, symphonic music, and opera in the process."

American Orchestras in the Nineteenth Century

Author : John Spitzer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226769771
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book American Orchestras in the Nineteenth Century written by John Spitzer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of concert life in nineteenth-century America have generally been limited to large orchestras and the programs we are familiar with today. But as this book reveals, audiences of that era enjoyed far more diverse musical experiences than this focus would suggest. To hear an orchestra, people were more likely to head to a beer garden, restaurant, or summer resort than to a concert hall. And what they heard weren’t just symphonic works—programs also included opera excerpts and arrangements, instrumental showpieces, comic numbers, and medleys of patriotic tunes. This book brings together musicologists and historians to investigate the many orchestras and programs that developed in nineteenth-century America. In addition to reflecting on the music that orchestras played and the socioeconomic aspects of building and maintaining orchestras, the book considers a wide range of topics, including audiences, entrepreneurs, concert arrangements, tours, and musicians’ unions. The authors also show that the period saw a massive influx of immigrant performers, the increasing ability of orchestras to travel across the nation, and the rising influence of women as listeners, patrons, and players. Painting a rich and detailed picture of nineteenth-century concert life, this collection will greatly broaden our understanding of America’s musical history.

Antonín Dvo%rák's New World Symphony

Author : Douglas W. Shadle
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190645628
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Antonín Dvo%rák's New World Symphony written by Douglas W. Shadle and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prologue. The Big Problem -- The Welcome Arrival -- The Symphonic Premiere -- The Aesthetic Conflict -- The National Question -- The Brewing Storm -- The Fiery Debate -- The Racial Challenge -- The Spiritual Aftermath -- Epilogue. The New World -- Appendix. The Musical Tornado.

The American Symphony Orchestra

Author : John Henry Mueller (sociologisch onderzoek)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book The American Symphony Orchestra written by John Henry Mueller (sociologisch onderzoek) and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: