American Experimental Music 1890–1940 - Rilegato

Nicholls, David

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ISBN 10: 0521345782 ISBN 13: 9780521345781

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Riassunto

From the end of the nineteenth century a national musical consciousness gradually developed in the USA as composers began to turn away from the European conventions on which their music had hitherto been modelled. It was in this period of change that experimentation was born. In this book, the composer and scholar David Nicholls considers the most influential figures in the development of American experimental music, including Charles Ives, Charles Seeger, Ruth Crawford, Henry Cowell, and the young John Cage. He analyses the music and ideas of this group, explaining the compositional techniques invented and employed by them and the historical and cultural context in which they emerged.

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"...musicians will enjoy seeing a British composer/scholar trace an American experimental movement with an objectivity that only a transatlantic outsider could muster." Kyle Gann, Voice

"...a coherent guide to the inner workings of compositions by Charles Ives, Charles Seeger, Carl Ruggles, Ruth Crawford, Henry Cowell and John Cage. Nicholls writes eminently readable prose- no small acheivement in an analytic text- and provides insightful findings. Notes

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From the end of the nineteenth century a national musical consciousness gradually developed in the USA, leading to a period of experimentation. David Nicholls considers the most influential figures of this period - Charles Ives, Charles Seeger, Ruth Crawford, Henry Cowell and the young John Cage. He analyses the music and idea of this group and explains the historical and cultural context in which they emerged.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0521345782
• ISBN 13: 9780521345781
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 253