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Charles Faulkner Bryan: His Life And Music
Carolyn Livingston
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Description for Charles Faulkner Bryan: His Life And Music
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 676.
Recognized as Tennessee’s first composer of art music, Charles Faulkner Bryan blazed many trails. He was the first Tennessee composer to have a work performed by a large symphony orchestra, the first Tennessee musician to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the first composer anywhere to write a symphony based on white spirituals. Further, he reached a large audience with works performed at Carnegie Hall and on national radio. Although he died in 1955 at the tragically early age of forty-three, he left a rich legacy.
This biography explores Bryan’s life and work as a music educator, folk music ... Read more
Recognized as Tennessee’s first composer of art music, Charles Faulkner Bryan blazed many trails. He was the first Tennessee composer to have a work performed by a large symphony orchestra, the first Tennessee musician to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the first composer anywhere to write a symphony based on white spirituals. Further, he reached a large audience with works performed at Carnegie Hall and on national radio. Although he died in 1955 at the tragically early age of forty-three, he left a rich legacy.
This biography explores Bryan’s life and work as a music educator, folk music ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Univ Tennessee Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781572332201
SKU
V9781572332201
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About Carolyn Livingston
The Author: Carolyn Livingston, a native of Tennessee, is professor and director of graduate studies in music at the University of Rhode Island.
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