Title: Music and musical composition at the American Academy in Rome /
Authors: Brody, Martin, 1949-
Year: 2014
Subjects: American Academy in Rome History.; American Academy in Rome Awards History.; Composition (Music) Awards Italy Rome.; Composers United States Biography
Abstract: The American Academy in Rome launched its Rome Prize in Musical Composition in 1921, a time in the United States of rapidly changing ideas about national identity, musical values, and the significance of international artistic exchange. Music and Musical Composition at the American Academy in Rome tells the story of this prestigious fellowship. Combining cultural analysis with historical and personal accounts of a century of musical life at the American Academy in Rome, the book offers new perspectives on a wide range of critical topics: patronage and urban culture, institutions and professional networks, musical aesthetics, American cultural diplomacy, and the maturation of a concert-music repertory in the United States during the twentieth century [Publisher description]
Contents: The Rome Prize from Leo Sowerby to David Diamond / Andrea Olmstead -- A history of the Rome Prize in music composition, 1947-2006 / Richard Trythall -- The classicist origins of the Rome Prize in musical composition, 1890-1920 / Judith Tick -- "Picked young men," facilitating women, and emerging composers : establishing an American Prix de Rome / Carol J. Oja -- Forging an international alliance : Leo Sowerby, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, and the impact of a Rome Prize / Carol J. Oja -- Class of '54 : friendship and ideology at the American Academy in Rome / Martin Brody -- What they said : American composers on Rome / Vivian Perlis -- The new music scene in Rome and the American presence since World War II : excerpts from a roundtable / moderated by Richard Trythall ; edited by Martin Brody -- For the Academy / Elliott Carter -- Two visits in 1981 / John Harbison -- Music resources at the American Academy in Rome / Christina Huemer.