Denise von Glahn

The Sounds of Place

Music and the American Cultural Landscape

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Looks at the ways in which America's places, from the natural wonders of Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon to the urban landscape of New York City, have inspired American composers from the nation's beginnings to the present.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Northeastern University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 150mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781555537098
• ISBN-10: 155553709X
• Artikelnr.: 27316114

Autorenporträt

Denise Von Glahn is assistant professor of music history and musicology at Florida State University. She lives in Tallahassee, Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

Cover
Title
Copyright
CONTENTS
Illustrations
Preface
Introduction: A Place to Start
Anthony Philip Heinrich: The War of the Elements and the Tundering of
Niagara
William Henry Fry: Niagara Symphony
George Frederick Bristow: Niagara: Symphony for Grand Orchestra and Chorus
The Housatonic at Stockbridge
Fron Hanover Square North, at the End of a Tragic Day, The Voice of the
People Again Rose
Aaron Copland: Quiet City and Music for a Great City
Edgard Varése: Amériques
Duke Ellington: Harlem Air Shaft and Harlem
William Grant Still: Kaintuck' and American Scenes
Roy Harris Cimarron
Ferde Grofé: Mississippi Suite, Grand Canyon Suite, Hudson River Suite, and
Niagara Falls Suite
Robert Starer: Hudson Valley Suite
Dana Paul Perna: Prout's Neck and Three Places on Long Island
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 4, The Gardens
Steve Reich: Vermont Counterpoint, The Desert Music, New York Counterpoint,
and City Life
Conclusions: Where We Are
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
Back cover