Harry Partch, hobo composer /

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During the Great Depression, Harry Partch rode the railways, following the fruit harvest across the country. From his experience among hoboes he found what he called ""a fountainhead of pure musical Americana."" Although he later wrote immense stage works for instruments of his o...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Granade, S. Andrew (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Rochester, New York ; Suffolk, England : University of Rochester Press, 2014.
Collection:Eastman studies in music ; Volume 120.
Sujets:
Partch, Harry, > 1901-1974.
Partch, Harry, > 1901-1974
Composers > United States > Biography.
Hobo songs > History and criticism.
Compositeurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Chansons de vagabonds > Histoire et critique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
MUSIC > Reference.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Composers
Hobo songs
United States
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The hobo in Partch's early life and aesthetic
  • Interlude 1 : transients and migrants
  • The transient journey
  • Bitter music
  • A knight of the road
  • Interlude 2 : hoboes
  • U.S. highball : becoming a musical hobo
  • A newsboy letter
  • Trading on a hobo image
  • The strangest kind of hobo.

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