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Journeys Through the Life and Music of Nancy Van De Vate
Foulkes-Levy, Laurdella; Levy, Burt Jerome
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Description for Journeys Through the Life and Music of Nancy Van De Vate
Mixed media pr. Nancy Van de Vate is an important late twentieth--early twenty-first century woman composer, who has written over one hundred musical works in all forms, from songs to choral works, musical theater pieces, and operas, and from solo instrumental compositions to chamber music, and large works for orchestra, including concertos. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Authors Laurdella Foulkes-Levy and Burt J. Levy provide a wealth of insight into the life of this significant feminist composer of the twentieth-century. The work surveys her compositions written through 2001, and recounts many of the subject's anecdotes as told to the authors, revealing much about the origins of Van de Vate's compositions, moral views, and musical theory. After tracing Van de Vate's tumultuous life experiences including a divorce, remarriage, professorships at numerous American Universities, and eventual settlement in Austria, the Levys undertake a close examination of the composer's musical works. Accompanying the analyses are musical examples from the ... Read more
Authors Laurdella Foulkes-Levy and Burt J. Levy provide a wealth of insight into the life of this significant feminist composer of the twentieth-century. The work surveys her compositions written through 2001, and recounts many of the subject's anecdotes as told to the authors, revealing much about the origins of Van de Vate's compositions, moral views, and musical theory. After tracing Van de Vate's tumultuous life experiences including a divorce, remarriage, professorships at numerous American Universities, and eventual settlement in Austria, the Levys undertake a close examination of the composer's musical works. Accompanying the analyses are musical examples from the ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Format
Multiple-component retail product
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810851351
SKU
V9780810851351
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About Foulkes-Levy, Laurdella; Levy, Burt Jerome
Laurdella Foulkes-Levy is Assistant Professor of music at the University of Mississippi and has been President of the Organization of Kodály Educators. Burt J. Levy is a composer and music composition instructor at the University of Mississippi.
Reviews for Journeys Through the Life and Music of Nancy Van De Vate
...a unique resource.
vol. 62
Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, June 2006
Journeys Through the Life and Music of Nancy Van de Vate offers a compelling portrait of an impressive musical figure and provides a more comprehensive perspective of woman’s contributions to twentieth-century music.
The Opera Journal
vol. 62
Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, June 2006
Journeys Through the Life and Music of Nancy Van de Vate offers a compelling portrait of an impressive musical figure and provides a more comprehensive perspective of woman’s contributions to twentieth-century music.
The Opera Journal