| Description |
xii, 226 pages : illustrations (music) diagrams ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Composers reviewed include Carl Ruggles, Adolph Weiss, Colin McPhee, Edgar Varèse, Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell, Roy Harris, Wallingford Riegger, Roger Sessions, J.J. Becker, Henry Brant, Howard Hanson, Carlos Salzedo, Carlos Chávez, Nicolas Slonimsky, Ruth Crawford, Charles Seeger, Walter Piston and C.E. Ives. |
| Bibliography |
"Biographical notes on composers ... together with lists of their principal works": pages 201-218. |
| Contents |
Trends in American music / by Henry Cowell -- Carl Ruggles / by Charles Seeger -- Adolph Weiss and Colin McPhee / by Wallingford Riegger -- Edgar Varèse / by Henry Cowell -- Aaron Copland / by Theodore Chandler -- Henry Cowell / by Nicolas Slonimsky -- Roy Harris / by Henry Cowell -- Wallingford Riegger / by Adolph Weiss -- Roger Sessions / by Nicolas Slonimsky -- John J. Becker / by Henry Cowell -- The Rochester group of American composers / by Howard Hanson -- Henry Brant / by Henry Cowell -- Howard Hanson / by Edward Royce -- Carlos Salzedo / by Henry Cowell -- Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer / by Aaron Copland -- Nicolas Slonimsky / by Henry Cowell -- Ruth Crawford / by Charles Seeger -- Charles Seeger / by Henry Cowell -- Walter Piston / by Nicolas Slonimsky -- Charles E. Ives / by Henry Cowell -- Problems of American composers / by Roy Harris -- The music of Mexico / by Carlos Chávez -- The development of Cuban music / by Alejandro Garcia Caturla -- The artistic position of the American composer / by Amadeo Roldan -- American tonal speech / by Lazare Saminsky -- Materials and musical creation / by Wallingford Riegger -- An Afro-American composer's point of view / by William Grant Still -- Oriental influence in American music / by Dane Rudhyar -- The relation of jazz to American music / by George Gershwin -- Imitative versus creative music in America / by John J. Becker -- Music and its future / by Charles Ives. |
| Subject |
Music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
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United States. |
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Composers -- United States.
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Composers. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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