LEADER 03711nam 22006614a 450 001 9910451697803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-72905-1 010 $a9786611729059 010 $a0-300-13837-7 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300138375 035 $a(CKB)1000000000477773 035 $a(EBL)3420300 035 $a(OCoLC)923591994 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000127371 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11149938 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000127371 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10054322 035 $a(PQKB)11317117 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420300 035 $a(DE-B1597)485504 035 $a(OCoLC)1059270336 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300138375 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420300 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10195663 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172905 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000477773 100 $a20050106d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aComposers voices from Ives to Ellington$b[electronic resource] $ean oral history of American music /$fVivian Perlis and Libby Van Cleve 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (506 p.) 225 1 $aAn oral history of American music 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-300-10673-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [431]-443) and index. 327 $aIntroducing the century : 1 January 1900 : Charles Ives -- On ragtime and Eubie Blake -- From the early modernists. Leo Ornstein ; Edgard Vare?se ; Carl Ruggles ; Dane Rudhyar ; Charles Seeger ; Henry Cowell -- On the jazz age and George Gershwin -- With a French accent : Nadia Boulanger -- From the Boulangerie. Virgil Thomson ; Aaron Copland ; Roy Harris -- Exploring the world of Duke Ellington. 330 $aThe first decades of the twentieth century were a fertile and fascinating period in American musical history. This book and the two CDs that accompany it present an exceptional collection of interviews with and about the most significant musical figures of the era. Tapping the unparalleled materials contained in the Oral History American Music archive at Yale University, Composers' Voices from Ives to Ellington is a unique account of what it was like for musicians and composers to live and work in those years. It is also the story of the making of the archive, as told by Vivian Perlis, who personally conducted many of the interviews.Music aficionados can now hear Eubie Blake describe the birth of ragtime or listen to a firsthand account of how Ira Gershwin came to write those famous lines in "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off." In-depth interviews with such figures as Henry Cowell, Virgil Thomson, Aaron Copland, and Duke Ellington are included in the book, which also features chapter introductions and fascinating sidebars, illustrations, and anecdotes throughout. Two CDs complete the set, enabling today's listener to enjoy the remarkablen experience of hearing the actual voices and the music of American composers of the early twentieth century. 410 0$aOral history of American music. 606 $aComposers$zUnited States$vInterviews 606 $aJazz musicians$zUnited States$y20th century$vInterviews 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aComposers 615 0$aJazz musicians 676 $a780/.9/04 700 $aPerlis$b Vivian$01029270 701 $aVan Cleve$b Libby$0974505 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451697803321 996 $aComposers voices from Ives to Ellington$92445573 997 $aUNINA