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003 OCoLC;

005 20141212124915.0;

008 970512s1997 nyua b 001 0 eng ;

010 a| 97019863;

020 a| 002864655X (alk. paper);

035 a| (Sirsi) o36930711;

035 a| (OCoLC)36930711;

040 a| DLCc| DLCd| EREd| UtOrBLW;

049 a| EREM;

050 00 a| ML200.5b| .G36 1997;

082 00 a| 780/.973/09042| 21;

092 a| 780b| G15a;

100 1 a| Gann, Kyle.=| ^A374030;

245 10 a| American music in the twentieth century /c| Kyle Gann.;

246 3 a| American music in the 20th century;

300 a| xvi, 400 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| This book surveys the art music written in the United States during the last 100 years from the groundbreaking experiments of Charles Ives to the present day. Writing for the general reader, the author describes the characteristic sounds of the diverse movements that have sprung up in this eventful period, while at the same time he sketches the changing social and cultural contexts for American concert music, and provides concise biographies of key figures.;

590 a| Little-312864--305131023245T;

596 a| 3 5;

998 a| 625370;

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American music in the twentieth century / Kyle Gann.

Author/creator	Gann, Kyle
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Schirmer Books ; London : Prentice Hall International, ©1997.
Description	xvi, 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Music--United States. --20th century. --History and criticism.

Variant title	American music in the 20th century
Contents	What is American music? -- Forefathers -- Ultramodernism - the 1920s -- Populism - the 1930s -- Experimentalism -- Atonality and European influence -- John Cage and the New York School revolution -- Post-Cage conceptualism -- Minimalism -- New tonality 1 - the new Romanticism -- Electronic music -- Interfaces with rock and jazz -- New tonality 2 - postminimalism -- Totalism and the 1990s.
Abstract	This book surveys the art music written in the United States during the last 100 years from the groundbreaking experiments of Charles Ives to the present day. Writing for the general reader, the author describes the characteristic sounds of the diverse movements that have sprung up in this eventful period, while at the same time he sketches the changing social and cultural contexts for American concert music, and provides concise biographies of key figures.
Local note	Little-312864--305131023245T
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	97019863
ISBN	002864655X (alk. paper)

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