A History of American Classical Music
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| • Paperback |
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| • 240 pages |
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| • Author: Barrymore Laurence Scherer |
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| • 25 illustrations |
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| • ISBN: 978-1-84379-117-1 |
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| • Publication date: April 2007 |
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A History of American Classical Music celebrates a legacy built up from Colonial times to the present, containing riches unfamiliar even to sophisticated music lovers.
Barrymore Laurence Scherer, a distinguished American author, leads the reader through an enthralling history, illustrating the importance of not only renowned names, such as Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein, Joplin and Sousa, but also those formally in the shadows, such as William Henry Fry and Alan Hovhaness. And, of course, we even step into Broadway for that most American step-child of opera: the musical.
This development, tracked largely by key composers, is set against America’s tempestuous history, putting neatly into context the achievements of the time. The book also contains 2 CDs of carefully chosen music, along with information on free access to a dedicated website with hours of extra music.
And with the words comes the music...
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A Sound Portrait
by Erich Eichman
Published: 4 December 2007
Most American concert-goers are likely to know a long list of European symphonists and opera composers but only a few American ones. And they are likely to feel unembarrassed by such tepid chauvinism. After all, isn’t the European tradition the “great” one?
Barrymore Laurence Scherer, a frequent contributor to the Journal’s Leisure & Arts pages, sets out to correct this imbalance in “A History of American Classical Music,” profiling…
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