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1 online resource (xi, 237 pages) |
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Preliminaries. Attitudes -- The times -- Symphonism ascendant -- The symphony's public role -- Symphonies of the mid- to late thirties. The romantic symphony : Barber -- The spiritual symphony : Hanson -- The all-American symphony : Harris -- The muscular symphony : Schuman -- The civil symphony : Carpenter -- Afterthought : Thomson and Cowell -- Symphonies of the war years. Wartime attitudes -- The commemorative symphony : Antheil -- The aesthetic symphony : Diamond -- The dramatic symphony : Bernstein -- The masterly symphony : Piston -- The ambivalent symphony : Barber -- The theatrical symphony : Blitzstein -- Symphonies of the immediate postwar years. The conservatorial symphony : Moore -- The dynamic symphony : Mennin -- The plain-spoken symphony : Thompson -- The August symphony : Copland -- The self-reliant symphony : Creston -- The knotty symphony : Sessions -- American symphonies after 1950. The symphony in the leanest years -- The symphony after 1990 |
| Summary |
The years of the Great Depression, World War II, and their aftermath brought a sea change in American music. This period of economic, social, and political adversity can truly be considered a musical golden age. In the realm of classical music, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Howard Hanson, Virgil Thompson, and Leonard Bernstein -- among others -- produced symphonic works of great power and lasting beauty during these troubled years. It was during this critical decade and a half that contemporary writers on |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig Hochschulsinfonieorchester gnd |
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University of South Alabama gnd |
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Symphony -- United States -- 20th century
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Music and the war.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
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Music and war
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Symphony
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Konzertleben
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Sinfonie
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Wirtschaftskrise
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Orchester
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Sinfonie -- USA -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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Sinfonie.
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United States
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USA
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USA.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253002877 |
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0253002877 |
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1282103334 |
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9781282103337 |
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9786612103339 |
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6612103337 |
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