Music for the common man : Aaron Copland during the depression and war /
In the 1930s, Aaron Copland began to write in an accessible style he described as "imposed simplicity." Works like El Salon Mexico, Billy the Kid, Lincoln Portrait, and Appalachian Spring feature a tuneful idiom that brought the composer unprecedented popular success and came to define an...
| Основен автор: | Crist, Elizabeth Bergman. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=143298 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Music for the common man. |
| Резюме: |
In the 1930s, Aaron Copland began to write in an accessible style he described as "imposed simplicity." Works like El Salon Mexico, Billy the Kid, Lincoln Portrait, and Appalachian Spring feature a tuneful idiom that brought the composer unprecedented popular success and came to define an American sound. Yet the cultural substance of that sound--the social and political perspective that might be heard within these familiar pieces--has until now been largely overlooked. While it has long been acknowledged that Copland subscribed to leftwing ideals, Music for the Common Man is the firs. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 253 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-243) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780195348576 0195348575 1423733800 9781423733805 0195383591 9780195383591 9780195151572 0195151577 |