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Frontier figures : American music and the mythology of the American West /
"Frontier Figures is a tour-de-force exploration of how the American West, both as physical space and as inspiration, has animated American music. Examining the work of such composers as Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Virgil Thomson, Charles Wakefield Cadman, and Arthur Farwell, Beth E. Levy addres...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2012]
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| Colección: | California studies in 20th-century music ;
14. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The course of empire
- Part One. Arthur Farwell's West : The Wa-wan and the West ; Western democracy, western landscapes, western music
- Part Two. Western encounters : Charles Wakefield Cadman and others: Encountering Indians ; Staging the West
- Part Three. American pastorals: West of Eden ; Power in the land ; Harvest home
- Part Four. Roy Harris : provincial cowboy, white hope: How Roy Harris became western ; Manifest destiny ; The composer as folk singer
- Part Five. Aaron Copland : from Orient to Occident: The saga of the prairies ; Communal song, cosmopolitan song ; Copland and the cinematic West
- Conclusion: On the trail.