Orchestrating the nation
Subtitle: the nineteenth-century American symphonic enterprise
By: Douglas W. Shadle
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780199358649
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Composers; Analysis, appreciation; History and criticism; Orchestral music; Symphony; Music; Symphonies; American National characteristics
Description: During the 19th century, nearly 100 symphonies were written by over 50 composers living in the United States. With few exceptions, this repertoire is virtually forgotten today. In 'Orchestrating the Nation', author Douglas W. Shadle explores the stylistic diversity of this substantial repertoire and uncovers why it failed to enter the musical mainstream.
Notes: "About the companion website": page ix.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-317) and index.
Table of contents: title: The launch of the enterprise; title: Anthony Philip Heinrich, hapless wanderer; title: William Henry Fry, operatic translator; title: George Frederick Bristow, American stalwart; title: The rivalry of nations; title: The end of an era; title: Interlude. The country divided; title: Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Pan-American republican; title: John Knowles Paine, universal classicist; title: The rivalry of generations; title: Ellsworth Phelps, Brooklyn patriot; title: The winds of change; title: Antonín Dvorák, Bohemian prophet.