New World symphonies : how American culture changed European music /

This book shows for the first time the profound and transformative influence of American literature, music, and mythology on European music. Although the impact of European tradition on American composers is widely acknowledged, Jack Sullivan demonstrates that an even more powerful musical current h...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sullivan, Jack, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1999]
Subjects:
Music > Europe > American influences.
Music > United States > History and criticism.
Musique > Europe > Influence américaine.
Musique > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > International.
Music
Music > American influences
Kultur
Rezeption
Musik
Geschichte
Europe
United States
USA
Europa
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The legacy of the sorrow songs
  • Hiawatha fever : the legacy of Longfellow
  • New worlds of terror : the legacy of Poe
  • New World songs : the legacy of Whitman
  • Beyond the frontier : New World landscape
  • Broadway, Hollywood and the accidental beauties of silly songs
  • New World rhythm : the spread of jazz.

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