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Charles Ives's Concord : essays after a sonata /
In 1921, insurance executive Charles Ives sent out copies of a piano sonata to two hundred strangers. Laden with dissonant chords, complex rhythm, and a seemingly chaotic structure, the so-called Concord Sonata confounded the recipients, as did the accompanying book, Essays before a Sonata . Kyle Ga...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Music in American life.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1
- The Story of the Concord Sonata, 1911-1947; Chapter 2
- The Programmatic Argument and Henry Sturt; Chapter 3
- The Human Faith Theme and the Whole-Tone Hypothesis; Chapter 4
- "Emerson": The Essay; Chapter 5
- "Emerson": The Music; Chapter 6
- The "Emerson" Concerto and its Offshoots; Chapter 7
- Hawthorne and the Celestial Railroad; Chapter 8
- "Hawthorne"; Chapter 9
- "The Alcotts"; Chapter 10
- "Thoreau": The Essay; Chapter 11
- "Thoreau": The Music; Chapter 12
- A Harmony of Imperfections: The Epilogue.
- Chapter 13
- The First Piano SonataChapter 14
- Editions (1920 versus 1947) and Performance Questions; Appendix A
- Correction of Misattributed Quotations in Essays before a Sonata; Appendix B
- Variants in Available Recordings of the Concord Sonata; Appendix C
- Must a Song Always Be a Song? Keynote Address to the 2009 Ives Vocal Marathon, Wesleyan University; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.