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Aaron Copland and His World
Oja Cl J
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Description for Aaron Copland and His World
Paperback. Reassesses the legacy of one of America's best-loved composers at a pivotal moment. This collection of essays explores the stages of cultural change on which Aaron Copland's long life (1900 to 1990) unfolded. It critiques Copland's work in these shifting contexts. Editor(s): Oja, Carol J.; Tick, Judith. Series: Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 568 pages, 54 line art . 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 752.
Aaron Copland and His World reassesses the legacy of one of America's best-loved composers at a pivotal moment--as his life and work shift from the realm of personal memory to that of history. This collection of seventeen essays by distinguished scholars of American music explores the stages of cultural change on which Copland's long life (1900 to 1990) unfolded: from the modernist experiments of the 1920s, through the progressive populism of the Great Depression and the urgencies of World War II, to postwar political backlash and the rise of serialism in the 1950s and the cultural turbulence of the 1960s. ... Read more
Aaron Copland and His World reassesses the legacy of one of America's best-loved composers at a pivotal moment--as his life and work shift from the realm of personal memory to that of history. This collection of seventeen essays by distinguished scholars of American music explores the stages of cultural change on which Copland's long life (1900 to 1990) unfolded: from the modernist experiments of the 1920s, through the progressive populism of the Great Depression and the urgencies of World War II, to postwar political backlash and the rise of serialism in the 1950s and the cultural turbulence of the 1960s. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Series
Bard Music Festival
Number of Pages
568
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691124704
SKU
V9780691124704
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About Oja Cl J
Carol J. Oja is William Powell Mason Professor of Music at Harvard University and the author of "Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s". Judith Tick is Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Music at Northeastern University and the author of "Ruth Crawford Seeger: A Composer's Search for American Music".
Reviews for Aaron Copland and His World
"This [is an] excellent collection of recent scholarly articles on the life and works of America's most beloved composer."
Larry Lipkis, Library Journal "Here is a wonderful and important collection of essays by on a composer at once familiar and elusive."
Wayne Schneider, Institute for Studies in American Music Newsletter
Larry Lipkis, Library Journal "Here is a wonderful and important collection of essays by on a composer at once familiar and elusive."
Wayne Schneider, Institute for Studies in American Music Newsletter