Frontier figures :American music and the mythology of the American West
- 作者: Levy, Beth E.
- 出版: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press c2012.
- 稽核項: xv, 449 p. :ill., music ;24 cm.
- 叢書名: California studies in 20th-century music ;14
- 標題: Social life and customs , Legends West (U.S.) -- History and criticism , Legends , West (U.S.) History -- 1890-1945 , History and criticism , West (U.S.) , Music United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism , Music , West (U.S.) Social life and customs -- 20th century , History
- ISBN: 0520267788 , 9780520267787
- 附註: Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: The course of empire -- Part One. Arthur Farwell's West : The Wa-wan and the West ; Western democracy, western landscapes, western music -- Part Two. Western encounters : Charles Wakefield Cadman and others: Encountering Indians ; Staging the West -- Part Three. American pastorals: West of Eden ; Power in the land ; Harvest home -- Part Four. Roy Harris : provincial cowboy, white hope: How Roy Harris became western ; Manifest destiny ; The composer as folk singer -- Part Five. Aaron Copland : from Orient to Occident: The saga of the prairies ; Communal song, cosmopolitan song ; Copland and the cinematic West -- Conclusion: On the trail.
- 系統號: 005091007
- 資料類型: 圖書
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"Beth Levy has written an elegant work of depth and breadth that gives generous space to the idea of the American West. Her discussions of more than a dozen composers and their works—some usual suspects, others rather unexpected—reveal the 'varied musical ecosystems of the west.' Levy takes us with her on the trail in prose that is by turns pithy and poetic, but always spot on."—Denise Von Glahn, author of The Sounds of Place: Music and the American Cultural Landscape “Big and bold as the terrain it covers, Beth Levy’s Frontier Figures takes us on a gratifying road trip, traversing American ‘classical’ compositions that conjure up landscapes from the Middle West to the shores of the Pacific. En route, we encounter many now-famous composers, such as Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, and Virgil Thomson, along with others who have faded from view. Throughout, Levy treats the ‘West’ as both geographic location and mythologized ideal, demonstrating its power on the American musical imagination.”—Carol Oja, author of Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s.
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