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| Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Scherer, Barrymore Laurence. History of American classical music. [Redhill, Surrey] : Naxos Books, ©2007 (OCoLC)313839572 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Barrymore Laurence Scherer |
| OCLC Number: | 654809249 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 237 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents: | CD track list -- Website -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Introduction : The dawn of American classical music -- 2. From founding through revolution -- 3. The awakening -- 4. Transplanting romantic European traditions -- 5. Into the twentieth century : the traditionalists -- 6. American impressionists and folklorists -- 7. New England iconoclast : Charles Ives -- 8. From bandstand to Broadway : the 1890s to 1930s -- 9. The earlier struggles of American opera -- 10. Modernism elbows its way into the concert hall -- 11. Europeans abroad -- 12. Between the World Wars : Americans struggle to be heard -- 13. Lighter hearts of the 1920s and 1930s -- 14. Perpetuating the romantic tradition -- 15. America goes to war : the 1940s -- 16. Exploring the frontiers of sound -- 17. The melting-pot of American opera and musical theatre -- 18. Anxiety's son : Leonard Bernstein -- 19. The age of anxiety : music in the Cold War era -- 20 Making the most of minimalism -- 21. Today and into tomorrow : old glory and new -- 22. Conclusion -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- About the author. |
| Responsibility: | by Barrymore Laurence Scherer. |
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