Imagining native America in music /

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This book offers a comprehensive look at musical representations of native America from the pre-colonial past through the American West and up to the present. The discussion covers a wide range of topics from the ballets of Lully in the court of Louis XIV to popular ballads of the 19th century; from...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pisani, Michael V.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Music > America > History and criticism.
Music > Social aspects > America.
Exoticism in music.
Musique > Amérique > Histoire et critique.
Musique > Aspect social > Amérique.
Exotisme dans la musique.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
MUSIC > General.
Music
Music > Social aspects.
America.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a language for imagining native America
  • New world Americans
  • Exotic peoples, exotic sounds
  • Nostalgia for a native land
  • Americans again
  • Conclusion.

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