Title: American music in the twentieth century
First published: 1997
Description: American Music in the Twentieth Century surveys the art music written in the United States during the last 100 years from the groundbreaking experiments of Charles Ives to the present day. Writing for the general reader, Kyle Gann describes the characteristic sounds of the diverse movements that have sprung up in this eventful period, while at the same time he sketches the changing social and cultural contexts for American concert music, and provides concise biographies of key figures.
Subjects: History and criticism, Music
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: ML200.5 .G36 1997