The Great American Symphony : Music, the Depression, and War / Nicholas Tawa.

The years of the Great Depression, World War II, and their aftermath brought a sea change in American music. This period of economic, social, and political adversity can truly be considered a musical golden age. In the realm of classical music, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Howard Hanson, Virgil Tho...

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Main Author:	Tawa, Nicholas E.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:	Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig > Hochschulsinfonieorchester University of South Alabama 1900-1999 Symphony > United States > 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 > Music and the war. MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical. Music and war Symphony Konzertleben Sinfonie Wirtschaftskrise Orchester Sinfonie > USA > Geschichte 20. Jh. Sinfonie. United States USA USA.
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Table of Contents:

Preliminaries. Attitudes
The times
Symphonism ascendant
The symphony's public role
Symphonies of the mid- to late thirties. The romantic symphony : Barber
The spiritual symphony : Hanson
The all-American symphony : Harris
The muscular symphony : Schuman
The civil symphony : Carpenter
Afterthought : Thomson and Cowell
Symphonies of the war years. Wartime attitudes
The commemorative symphony : Antheil
The aesthetic symphony : Diamond
The dramatic symphony : Bernstein
The masterly symphony : Piston
The ambivalent symphony : Barber
The theatrical symphony : Blitzstein
Symphonies of the immediate postwar years. The conservatorial symphony : Moore
The dynamic symphony : Mennin
The plain-spoken symphony : Thompson
The August symphony : Copland
The self-reliant symphony : Creston
The knotty symphony : Sessions
American symphonies after 1950. The symphony in the leanest years
The symphony after 1990.

The Great American Symphony : Music, the Depression, and War / Nicholas Tawa.

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