| Description |
1 online resource (440 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Music in American Life Ser.
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Music in American Life Ser.
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: A Place to Start -- Chapter One: America as Niagara: Nature as Icon -- Anthony Philip Heinrich: The War of the Elements and the Thundering of Niagara -- William Henry Fry: Niagara Symphony -- George Frederick Bristow: Niagara: Symphony for Grand Orchestra and Chorus -- Chapter Two: From Country to City in the Music of Charles Ives -- The Housatonic at Stockbridge -- From Hanover Square North, at the End of a Tragic Day, the Voice of the People Again Arose |
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Chapter Three: Urban Places: Iconic New York -- Aaron Copland: Quiet City and Music for a Great City -- Edgard Varèse: Amériques -- Duke Ellington: Harlem Air Shaft and Harlem -- Chapter Four: Beyond the City: Rivers, Canyons, and Plains -- William Grant Still: Kaintuck' and American Scenes -- Roy Harris: Cimarron -- Ferde Grofé: Mississippi Suite, Grand Canyon Suite, Hudson River Suite, and Niagara Falls Suite -- Chapter Five: Return to Nature: Recent Reconsiderations -- Robert Starer: Hudson Valley Suite -- Dana Paul Perna: Prout's Neck and Three Places on Long Island |
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Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 4, The Gardens -- Chapter Six: A Sounding Place: America Redefined -- Steve Reich: Vermont Counterpoint, The Desert Music, New York Counterpoint, and City Life -- Conclusions: Where We Are -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Music and geography -- United States.
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Music and geography. |
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United States. |
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Music -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
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20th century |
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Composers -- United States.
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Composers. |
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Nature in music.
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Nature in music. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Von Glahn, Denise The Sounds of Place Grand Rapids : University of Illinois Press,c2021 9780252086076 |
| ISBN |
0252052951 |
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9780252052958 (electronic book) |
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