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The Conservatoire Americain. A History.
Kendra Preston Leonard
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Description for The Conservatoire Americain. A History.
Paperback. Presents the history of the Conservatoire AmZricain, the French musical institution responsible for training generations of American musicians. This book discusses various topics, such as the dissemination of French repertoire during the twentieth century, the pedagogical approaches used in teaching American music students, and more. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
The Conservatoire Américain, the French musical institution at the Palais de Fontainebleau, was responsible for training generations of American musicians. Its students and faculty are among some of the most influential musical figures of the twentieth century, including Aaron Copland, Nadia Boulanger, and Elliott Carter. Within its walls, students were introduced to great French composers like Maurice Ravel, Jean Françaix, and Darius Milhaud, many of whom wrote works specifically for Fontainebleau attendees. It brought performers into the recording age and encouraged women to pursue solo musical careers at a time when such a thing was exceptionally rare among Americans. The Conservatoire Américain: A History is the first full-length narrative of this institution. Drawing on rare materials from the Conservatoire's archives, combining them with personal correspondence, interviews, and first-person narratives with students and faculty, author Kendra Preston Leonard discusses a variety of topics important to the institution. These topics include—among others—the dissemination of French repertoire during the twentieth century, the pedagogical approaches used in teaching American music students, the impact of training Americans abroad, and the influence their French training had on performance, interpretation, and composition. The book concludes with several appendixes offering comprehensive reference information on the school's practices, the courses offered, awards and diplomas given, and notable students, faculty, and guest artists who attended the institution.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810857322
SKU
V9780810857322
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About Kendra Preston Leonard
Kendra Preston Leonard is an independent scholar. She received the 2004 National Coalition of Independent Scholars' Yosef Wosk Award for Independent Scholarship for her work on the Conservatoire Américain.
Reviews for The Conservatoire Americain. A History.
Americans seeking specialized training in composition or performance had to go to Europe to find it, primarily to Germany until World War I made that impossible. The Paris Conservatoire provided the desired training, but generally was not open to foreigners, so a conservatory especially for Americans was established that paralleled and often drew instructors from the Paris Conservatoire. Many now well known composers and performers attended. Leonard, a music scholar specializing in international exchange and women in music, traces the history of the institution from its founding in 1921 to the present.
Reference and Research Book News
Kendra Preston Leonard has finally covered the famed Conservatoire Américain in the detail it deserves. We have known for years that many important American composers and musicians studied there, but the institution's complete history has never been told. Leonard covers it from its founding after World War I, through its high moments before World II, in exile in the United States, in Nadia Boulanger's long and controversial directorship, and in the difficult years following her death. Leonard explains why the Conservatoire Américain is now a shadow of what it once was and how it has changed in the face of the many other summer festivals and schools now available to students. This book is an important read for anyone interested in American music of the twentieth century, the training of American composers, and in music education in general.
The University of Kansas, Paul Laird, Director of Musicology Division, The University of Kansas, author of Leonard Bernstein: A Guide to Research. Solid scholarship is evident in The Conservatoire Americain: A History. Kendra Leonard provides the welcome documentation of an organization that dominated the training of American composers and musicians from its inception until World War II.
Roberta Lindsey, Assistant professor and advisor, Music Concentration Program, Indiana University-Indianapolis Recommended for large public and academic collections that specialize in music.
Library Journal
Kendra Leonard's detailed historical study of the Conservatoire Americain provides the most thorough discussion to date of this important institution. It illuminates the triumphs, challenges, and strong personalities of the school's rocky history, expanding our understanding of an important chapter in Franco-American relations.
E. Douglas Bomberger, Elizabethtown College Recommended.
CHOICE
compelling material
H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online
Leonard's informative and entertaining account of the history of the Conservatoire Americain is a fine record of its good and bad times, its triumphs and its failures.
Fontes Artis Musicae
The book's narrative style is assured and lively....No lack of detail is spared in creating a vivid description of daily life at the institution throughout its history....Leonard has successfully and objectively described the portrait of an institution....Leonard's study is a formidable achievement that provides substantial insight into a long-neglected area of scholarship.
American Music
Reference and Research Book News
Kendra Preston Leonard has finally covered the famed Conservatoire Américain in the detail it deserves. We have known for years that many important American composers and musicians studied there, but the institution's complete history has never been told. Leonard covers it from its founding after World War I, through its high moments before World II, in exile in the United States, in Nadia Boulanger's long and controversial directorship, and in the difficult years following her death. Leonard explains why the Conservatoire Américain is now a shadow of what it once was and how it has changed in the face of the many other summer festivals and schools now available to students. This book is an important read for anyone interested in American music of the twentieth century, the training of American composers, and in music education in general.
The University of Kansas, Paul Laird, Director of Musicology Division, The University of Kansas, author of Leonard Bernstein: A Guide to Research. Solid scholarship is evident in The Conservatoire Americain: A History. Kendra Leonard provides the welcome documentation of an organization that dominated the training of American composers and musicians from its inception until World War II.
Roberta Lindsey, Assistant professor and advisor, Music Concentration Program, Indiana University-Indianapolis Recommended for large public and academic collections that specialize in music.
Library Journal
Kendra Leonard's detailed historical study of the Conservatoire Americain provides the most thorough discussion to date of this important institution. It illuminates the triumphs, challenges, and strong personalities of the school's rocky history, expanding our understanding of an important chapter in Franco-American relations.
E. Douglas Bomberger, Elizabethtown College Recommended.
CHOICE
compelling material
H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online
Leonard's informative and entertaining account of the history of the Conservatoire Americain is a fine record of its good and bad times, its triumphs and its failures.
Fontes Artis Musicae
The book's narrative style is assured and lively....No lack of detail is spared in creating a vivid description of daily life at the institution throughout its history....Leonard has successfully and objectively described the portrait of an institution....Leonard's study is a formidable achievement that provides substantial insight into a long-neglected area of scholarship.
American Music