Steve Swayne

Orpheus in Manhattan

William Schuman and the Shaping of America's Musical Life

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Orpheus in Manhattan is a comprehensive biography of Schuman that draws heavily upon his writings and on other archival materials. Filled with new discoveries and revisions of the received historical narrative, Orpheus in Manhattan repositions Schuman as a major figure in America's musical life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 712
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 167mm x 47mm
• Gewicht: 1182g
• ISBN-13: 9780195388527
• ISBN-10: 0195388526
• Artikelnr.: 29977249

Autorenporträt

Steve Swayne is Jacob H. Strauss 1922 Professor of Music, and Music Department Chair at Dartmouth College. He is also an accomplished concert pianist and an award-winning composer.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Impact of a Single Symphony
Part 1: The Early Years
Chapter 1: The Family Tree
Chapter 2: A Kid Grows In Queens and Manhattan
Chapter 3: Camp Cobbossee (And a Summer Abroad)
Chapter 4: A Flash in Tin Pan Alley
Chapter 5: Frankie
Chapter 6: An Unconventional Education
Part 2: The Sarah Lawrence Years
Chapter 7: Sarah Lawrence and the Beginning of the Decade of War
Chapter 8: "The pupil is outdoing the master": Harris, Schuman, and the Second Symphony
Chapter 9: Schuman, Copland, Koussevitzky, and Bernstein
Chapter 10: Populism, Progressivism, and Politics
Chapter 11: World War II and the Prize-winning Composer
Chapter 12: The Modern Meteor I Sing
Part 3: The Juilliard Years
Chapter 13: Wringing the Changes
Chapter 14: Dancing in the Dark
Chapter 15: Family Matters
Chapter 16: An Old Religion, Two Champions, and a New Symphony
Chapter 17: Delays and Distractions
Chapter 18: Striking Out
Chapter 19: The (Mostly) Off-Stage Ambassador
Chapter 20: With an Eye on the Marketplace
Chapter 21: International Man of Music
Part 4: The Lincoln Center Years
Chapter 22: The Dream Defined
Chapter 23: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed
Chapter 24: One Nightmare After Another
Chapter 25: The Potemkin Center
Chapter 26: The Deaths of the Dreamers
Chapter 27: The Death of the Dream
Part 5: The Years of Completion
Chapter 28: The Administrator Reinvents Himself
Chapter 29: The Composer Reasserts Himself
Chapter 30: Round and Round and Round He Goes
Chapter 31: Bicentennial Fireworks
Chapter 32: Reflections and Ruminations
Chapter 33: Triplets
Chapter 34: The Wind Was With Him
Chapter 35: A Rare Vintage
Epilogue: Schuman and the Shaping of America's Musical Life