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200 10$aReflections of an American composer /$fArthur Berger
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2002
215   $a1 online resource (288 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Composers and Their Audience in the Thirties --$t2. Nationalism --$t3. Is Music in Decline? --$t4. Rendezvous with Apollo: Form Is Feeling --$t5. Reinventing the Past: Pastiche, Collage, or "Criticism"? --$t6. Serialism: Composer as Theorist --$t7. Rapprochement or Friendly Takeover? --$t8. Postmodern Music --$t9. Virgil Thomson and the Press --$t10. Music on My Beat --$t11. PNM and the Ph.D. --$t12. A Tale of Two Critics: Rosenfeld and Haggin --$t13. Do We Hear What We Say We Hear? --$t14. New Linguistic Modes and the New Theory --$t15. The Octatonic Scale --$t16. Backstage at the Opera --$t17. A Tale of Two Conductors: Koussevitzky and Mitropoulos --$t18. From My Diary: Brief Encounters --$tAppendix: From My Scrapbook --$tNotes --$tIndex
330   $aIn this engrossing collection of essays, distinguished composer, theorist, journalist, and educator Arthur Berger invites us into the vibrant and ever-changing American music scene that has been his home for most of the twentieth century. Witty, urbane, and always entertaining, Berger describes the music scene in New York and Boston since the 1930's, discussing the heady days when he was a member of a tight-knit circle of avant-garde young composers mentored by Aaron Copland as well as his participation in a group at Harvard University dedicated to Stravinsky. As Virgil Thomson's associate on the New York Herald Tribune and founding editor of the prestigious Perspectives of New Music, Berger became one of the preeminent observers and critics of American music. His reflections on the role of music in contemporary life, his journalism career, and how changes in academia influence the composition and teaching of music offer a unique perspective informed by Berger's abundant intelligence and experience.
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