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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524856303321

Autore

Mueller John Henry <1895-1965.>

Titolo

The American Symphony Orchestra : A Social History of Musical Taste / / John H. Mueller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Indiana University Press, 1951

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, , 1951

©1951

ISBN

0-253-04847-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource xii, 437 pages) : : illustrations, portraits

Soggetti

Muzieksociologie

Symfonieorkesten

Symphony orchestras

Orchestra

Music

Composers

Symphony orchestras - United States

Music - United States - History and criticism

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Tastes can be accounted for -- History of music as performance -- Social evolution of the American symphony orchestra -- Profiles of major American orchestras -- Life spans of composers in the repertoire -- National sources of the orchestral repertoire -- The orchestra, concert folkways, and social life -- Musical taste and how it is formed.

Sommario/riassunto

A history of what has been termed the monumental orchestra in America. It traces the growth of the symphony orchestra to its roots in European traditions, recounts the crises which it has overcome, and describes the musical repertoires with which it has regaled its



audiences during the past century.