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The Great American Symphony – Music, the Depression, and War

Autor Nicholas Tawa
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 mar 2009
The years of the Great Depression, World War II, and their aftermath brought a sea change in American music. This period of economic, social, and political adversity can truly be considered a musical golden age. In the realm of classical music, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Howard Hanson, Virgil Thompson, and Leonard Bernstein among others produced symphonic works of great power and lasting beauty during these troubled years. It was during this critical decade and a half that contemporary writers on American culture began to speculate about "the Great American Symphony" and looked to these composers for music that would embody the spirit of the nation.
In this volume, Nicholas Tawa concludes that they succeeded, at the very least, in producing music that belongs in the cultural memory of every American. Tawa introduces the symphonists and their major works from the romanticism of Barber and the "all-American" Roy Harris through the theatrics of Bernstein and Marc Blitzstein to the broad-shouldered appeal of Thompson and Copland. Tawa's musical descriptions are vivid and personal, and invite music lovers and trained musicians alike to turn again to the marvelous and lasting music of this time."
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253353054
ISBN-10: 025335305X
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 164 x 241 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press

Cuprins

Preface1. PreliminariesAttitudes; The Times; Symphonism Ascendant; The Symphony's Public Role2. Symphonies of the Mid- to Late ThirtiesThe Romantic Symphony: Barber; The Spiritual Symphony: Hanson; The All-American Symphony: Harris; The Muscular Symphony: Schuman; The Civil Symphony: Carpenter; Afterthought: Thomson and Cowell3. Symphonies of the War YearsWartime Attitudes; The Commemorative Symphony: Antheil; The Aesthetic Symphony: Diamond; The Dramatic Symphony: Bernstein; The Masterly Symphony: Piston; The Ambivalent Symphony: Barber; The Theatrical Symphony: Blitzstein4. Symphonies of the Immediate Postwar YearsThe Conservatorial Symphony: Moore; The Dynamic Symphony: Mennin; The Plain-Spoken Symphony: Thompson; The August Symphony: Copland; The Self-Reliant Symphony: Creston; The Knotty Symphony: Sessions5. American Symphonies after 1950The Symphony in the Leanest Years; The Symphony after 1990Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Recenzii

"Out of tragedy emerges great art. This is the message contained in the well-documented book by Nicholas Tawa. He reminds us of rich treasures, both known and yet to be rediscovered. The work will be a valuable resource for musicians, as well as lovers of perhaps the most creative time in American music." Leonard Slatkin, Music Director, Detroit Symphony Orchestra"At a time when the relationship between composer and audience seems to be at the crux of the health and even survival of the classical music world, Nicholas Tawa's The Great American Symphony offers critical and telling insights into an important epoch in American musical history." JoAnn Falletta, Music Director, Buffalo Philharmonic

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Details the flourishing of the symphony in American cultural life