One hundred years of music in America / edited by Paul Henry Lang.
| Author/creator | Lang, Paul Henry |
| Other author | Lang, Paul Henry, 1901-1991 editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : G. Schirmer; distributor to the book trade: Grosset & Dunlap, [1961] |
| Description | 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Portrait of a publishing house / Paul Henry Lang -- Musical life. The evolution of the American composer / Nathan Broder -- The American Symphony Orchestra / Hellen M. Thompson -- Opera, the story of an immigrant / Philip L. Miller -- Church music: a century of contrasts / Robert Stevenson -- The plush era in American concert life / Nicolas Slonimsky -- Band music in America / Richard Franko Goldman -- Popular music from minstrel songs to rock 'n' roll / Arnold Shaw -- The Business of music. The dilemma of the music publishing industry / Richard F. French -- Music on records - 1877-1961 / Roland Gelatt -- Neither quick nor dead: the music book paradox / R. D. Darrell -- Music as a field of knowledge. Music education: an American specialty / Allen P. Britton -- The taste-makers: critics and criticism / Edward Downes -- The American music library, past, present, and future / Richard Gilmore Appel -- Music, government, and the law. Government and the arts / Frank Thompson, Jr. -- Copyright and the creative arts / Robert J. Burton -- Epilogue / Hans W. Heinsheimer. |
| Abstract | A comprehensive report on every aspect of American musical life, written by seventeen specialists in various fields. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 61065802 |
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