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Reflections of an American composer [[electronic resource] /] / Arthur Berger



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Autore: Berger Arthur <1912-2003.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Reflections of an American composer [[electronic resource] /] / Arthur Berger Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
Disciplina: 780/.973
Soggetto topico: Music - United States - History and criticism
Soggetto non controllato: 1930s
20th century
aaron copland
american composers
american music
art scene
autobiography
avant garde music
biography
boretz
boston
communism
composers
conductor
essays
malkin conservatory
memoir
modernism
music composition
music criticism
music history
music theory
music
musicians
nationalism
new york
nonfiction
piano variations
popular culture
red scare
schoenberg
short symphony
statements
stravinsky
wpa
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Composers and Their Audience in the Thirties -- 2. Nationalism -- 3. Is Music in Decline? -- 4. Rendezvous with Apollo: Form Is Feeling -- 5. Reinventing the Past: Pastiche, Collage, or "Criticism"? -- 6. Serialism: Composer as Theorist -- 7. Rapprochement or Friendly Takeover? -- 8. Postmodern Music -- 9. Virgil Thomson and the Press -- 10. Music on My Beat -- 11. PNM and the Ph.D. -- 12. A Tale of Two Critics: Rosenfeld and Haggin -- 13. Do We Hear What We Say We Hear? -- 14. New Linguistic Modes and the New Theory -- 15. The Octatonic Scale -- 16. Backstage at the Opera -- 17. A Tale of Two Conductors: Koussevitzky and Mitropoulos -- 18. From My Diary: Brief Encounters -- Appendix: From My Scrapbook -- Notes -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Reflections of an American composer  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-59734-857-0
0-520-92821-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910449685403321
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