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The American Stravinsky
Gayle Murchison
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Description for The American Stravinsky
Hardcover. Aaron Copland created a distinctively American style in works for a diversity of genres and mediums, including ballet, opera, and film. This book analyzes selected works to discern the specific compositional techniques he used, and to understand the degree to which they derived from European models, particularly the influence of Igor Stravinsky. Num Pages: 416 pages, 73 musical examples, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
One of the country's most enduringly successful composers, Aaron Copland created a distinctively American style and aesthetic in works for a diversity of genres and mediums, including ballet, opera, and film. Also active as a critic, mentor, advocate, and concert organizer, he played a decisive role in the growth of serious music in the Americas in the 20th century. In The American Stravinsky, Gayle Murchison closely analyzes selected works to discern the specific compositional techniques Copland used, and to understand the degree to which they derived from European models, particularly the influence of Igor Stravinsky. Murchison examines how Copland ... Read more
One of the country's most enduringly successful composers, Aaron Copland created a distinctively American style and aesthetic in works for a diversity of genres and mediums, including ballet, opera, and film. Also active as a critic, mentor, advocate, and concert organizer, he played a decisive role in the growth of serious music in the Americas in the 20th century. In The American Stravinsky, Gayle Murchison closely analyzes selected works to discern the specific compositional techniques Copland used, and to understand the degree to which they derived from European models, particularly the influence of Igor Stravinsky. Murchison examines how Copland ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472099849
SKU
V9780472099849
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About Gayle Murchison
Gayle Murchison is Assistant Professor of Music and Black Studies at the College of William and Mary, and author of numerous articles on Aaron Copland, Mary Lou Williams, and William Grant Still, one of which won an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award.
Reviews for The American Stravinsky
"A marvelous contribution to the research on Copland, American music, and early twentieth-century Euro-American musical aesthetics. Murchison's methodology may in fact be part of an avant-garde reconsideration of theoretical analysis with a richer understanding of cultural context, the latter a result of 'New Musicology.' Murchison sets a new mark for Copland scholars." - Marta Robertson, Department of Music, Gettysburg College" ... Read more