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Description for American Pioneers
Paperback. A survey of the American composers who invented new musical languages. Num Pages: 240 pages. Dimension: 220 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
This is the first book to concentrate on the rebellious trend within American music at the turn of the twentieth century. American Pioneers examines Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, John Cage, Carl Ruggles, Edgard Varèse, Harry Patch, Colin McPhee and Lou Harrison, focusing on the peculiarly American quality of their artistic motivation. The pioneering flair of these composers was an act of defiance: Americans throwing off the shackles of European tradition and inventing a new language, seeking to redefine what could or could not be embraced by the term ‘music’.
Product Details
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714847696
SKU
V9780714847696
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Ref
99-15
About Alan Rich
Alan Rich has been a professional music critic on both the east and west coasts of the USA since 1953, with a particular passion for contemporary music. He is currently music critic for LA Weekly, the author of several books and series of interactive music programmes for computers. His most recent book, So I've Heard: Notes of a Migratory Music ... Read more
Reviews for American Pioneers
"Smoothly executed. The chapter on Cage may well be the best introduction to his thought and work in English."—Gramophone '...Has a subtle but insistently inquiring approach to biography and details of artistic development. Alan Rich sets out the facts on early-20th-century music with clarity as well as providing a succinct summary of the background of the rise of ... Read more