| Description |
322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Portrait of a publishing house / Paul Henry Lang -- The evolution of the American composer / Nathan Broder -- The American symphony orchestra / Helen M. Thompson -- Opera, the story of an immigrant / Philip L. Miller -- Church music : a century of contrasts / Robert Stevenson -- The plush era in American concert life / Nicolas Slonimsky -- Band music in America / Richard Franko Goldman -- Popular music from minstrel songs to rock 'n' roll / Arnold Shaw -- The dilemma of the music publishing industry / Richard F. French -- Music on records- 1877-1961 / Roland Gelatt -- Neither quick nor dead : the music book paradox / R.D. Darrell -- Music education : an American specialty / Allen P. Britton -- The taste-makers : critics and criticism / Edward Downes -- The American music library, past, present, and future / Richard Gilmore Appel -- Government and the arts / Frank Thompson -- Copyright and the creative arts / Robert J. Burton -- Epilogue / Hans W. Heinsheimer. |
| Subject |
Music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
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United States. |
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Muziek. |
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