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American music since 1910 / by Virgil Thomson, with an introduction by Nicolas Nabokov.

Author/creator Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989
Format Book and Print
Edition[1st ed.].
Publication InfoNew York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1971]
Descriptionxvi, 204 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, music, portraits ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Music--United States --20th century --History and criticism.
Music--20th century --History and criticism.
Composers--United States --Biography.
Series Twentieth-century composers ; v. 1
Twentieth century composers (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 1. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents America's musical maturity -- American musical traits -- The Ives case -- Ruggles -- Varèse -- Aaron Copland -- Looking backward -- Cage and the collage of noises -- Let us now praise famous men -- The operas of Virgil Thomson / Victor Fell Yellin -- Music in Latin America / Gilbert Chase -- 106 American composers.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 187-189) and index.
LCCN 77080367
ISBN0030764653

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