A history of American classical music
By: by Barrymore Laurence Scherer.
Publisher: Sourcebooks; Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Naperville, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781402210679
Subjects: Music -- United States -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The dawn of American classical music; title: From founding through revolution; title: The awakening; title: Transplanting romantic European traditions; title: Into the twentieth century: the traditionalists; title: American impressionists and folklorists; title: New England iconoclast: Charles Ives; title: From bandstand to Broadway: the 1890s to 1930s; title: The earlier struggles of American opera; title: Modernism elbows its way into the concert hall; title: Europeans abroad; title: Between the World Wars: Americans struggle to be heard; title: Lighter hearts of the 1920s and 1930s; title: Perpetuating the romantic tradition; title: America goes to war: the 1940s; title: Exploring the frontiers of sound; title: The melting-pot of American opera and musical theatre; title: Anxiety's son: Leonard Bernstein; title: The age of anxiety: music in the Cold War era; title: Making the most of minimalism; title: Today and into tomorrow: old glory and new; title: Conclusion.