03375nam 2200649Ia 450 991046313060332120210422235326.00-520-95202-21-280-11656-0978661352085210.1525/9780520952027(CKB)2670000000355466(EBL)870023(OCoLC)780425996(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092609(MiAaPQ)EBC870023(MdBmJHUP)muse30892(DE-B1597)519569(DE-B1597)9780520952027(Au-PeEL)EBL870023(CaPaEBR)ebr10540421(CaONFJC)MIL352085(EXLCZ)99267000000035546620110912d2012 uy 0engur|nu---|u||utxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFrontier figures[electronic resource] American music and the mythology of the American West /Beth E. Levy1st ed.Berkeley University of California Press20121 online resource (471 p.)California studies in 20th-century music ;14Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26776-1 0-520-26778-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Abbreviations --Introduction: The Course of Empire --Part One. Arthur Farwell's West --Part Two. Western Encounters: Charles Wakefield Cadman and Others --Part Three. American Pastorals --Part Four. Roy Harris: Provincial Cowboy, White Hope --Part Five. Aaron Copland: From Orient to Occident --Notes --Selected Bibliography --IndexFrontier Figures is a tour-de-force exploration of how the American West, both as physical space and inspiration, animated American music. Examining the work of such composers as Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Virgil Thomson, Charles Wakefield Cadman, and Arthur Farwell, Beth E. Levy addresses questions of regionalism, race, and representation as well as changing relationships to the natural world to highlight the intersections between classical music and the diverse worlds of Indians, pioneers, and cowboys. Levy draws from an array of genres to show how different brands of western Americana were absorbed into American culture by way of sheet music, radio, lecture recitals, the concert hall, and film. Frontier Figures is a comprehensive illumination of what the West meant and still means to composers living and writing long after the close of the frontier.California studies in 20th-century music ;14.MusicUnited States20th centuryHistory and criticismLegendsWest (U.S.)History and criticismWest (U.S.)Social life and customs20th centuryWest (U.S.)History1890-1945Electronic books.MusicHistory and criticism.LegendsHistory and criticism.781.5/9Levy Beth E(Beth Ellen),1972-1006240MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463130603321Frontier figures2315272UNINA