Music and Musical Composition at the American Academy in Rome
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9781580462457
Subjects: American academy in rome; Composition (music); Composers, united states; Composers, biography
Description: 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]