The American Stravinsky: The Style and Aesthetics of Copland's New American Music, the Early Works, 1921-1938 - Rilegato

Murchison, Gayle

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ISBN 10: 0472099841 ISBN 13: 9780472099849

Casa editrice: Univ of Michigan Pr, 2012

Riassunto

One of the country's most enduringly successful composers, Aaron Copland created a distinctively American style and aesthetic in works for a diversity of genres and mediums, including ballet, opera, and film. Also active as a critic, mentor, advocate, and concert organizer, he played a decisive role in the growth of serious music in the Americas in the twentieth century.

In The American Stravinsky, Gayle Murchison closely analyzes selected works to discern the specific compositional techniques Copland used, and to understand the degree to which they derived from European models, particularly the influence of Igor Stravinsky. Murchison examines how Copland both Americanized these models and made them his own, thereby finding his own compositional voice. Murchison also discusses Copland's aesthetics of music and his ideas about its purpose and social function.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Gale Murchison is Associate Professor of Music and Africana Studies at the College of William and Mary.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Michigan Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0472099841
• ISBN 13: 9780472099849
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 285