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The Sounds of Place : Music and the American Cultural Landscape /

"Focusing on instrumental works of high-art music, Von Glahn analyzes thoroughly the soundscapes of fourteen diverse composers who have commemorated American places. Organized chronologically, the volume looks at such distinctive American musical voices and works as Anthony Philip Heinrich, The...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Von Glahn, Denise, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2021.
Edición:First Illinois paperback.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A place to start
  • America as Niagara : nature as icon
  • From country to city in the music of Charles Ives
  • Urban places : iconic New York
  • Beyond the city : rivers, canyons, and plains
  • Return to nature : recent reconsiderations
  • A sounding place : America redefined
  • Where we are.