American Music in the Twentieth CenturyAmerican Music in the Twentieth Century surveys the art music written in the United States during the last 100 years from the groundbreaking experiments of Charles Ives to the present day. Writing for the general reader, Kyle Gann describes the characteristic sounds of the diverse movements that have sprung up in this eventful period, while at the same time he sketches the changing social and cultural contexts for American concert music, and provides concise biographies of key figures. |
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... ( called Symphony 1933 ) , a critical success . Harris's Third Symphony ( 1938 ) quickly became popular , receiving more than seventy performances in its first decade . " Harris's extraordinary natural talents , however , were accompanied ...
... ( called Symphony 1933 ) , a critical success . Harris's Third Symphony ( 1938 ) quickly became popular , receiving more than seventy performances in its first decade . " Harris's extraordinary natural talents , however , were accompanied ...
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... called Projections ( 1950-1953 ) . Typically , these pieces divide the pitch range into general areas of high , medium , and low , leaving the specific notes to the performer . From the beginning , dynamics were kept soft . Feldman was ...
... called Projections ( 1950-1953 ) . Typically , these pieces divide the pitch range into general areas of high , medium , and low , leaving the specific notes to the performer . From the beginning , dynamics were kept soft . Feldman was ...
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... called The Flicker which remains a seminal work of the structuralist film movement . Later , in the 1980s , he returned to composition and attempted to recreate what he considered the essential aspects of the Theater of Eternal Music's ...
... called The Flicker which remains a seminal work of the structuralist film movement . Later , in the 1980s , he returned to composition and attempted to recreate what he considered the essential aspects of the Theater of Eternal Music's ...
Contents
Forefathers | 1 |
Ultramodernismthe 1920s | 27 |
Populismthe 1930s | 49 |
Copyright | |
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