Contents |
Early years and orchestral beginnings -- Pioneers -- John Knowles Paine -- Dvořák and the search for national identity -- After Dvořák: the romantics -- Charles Ives -- Aaron Copland -- Elder statesmen -- Walter Piston -- Howard Hanson -- Roy Harris -- Serialism and beyond -- Samuel Barber -- William Schuman -- Three American spirits -- Traditionalists in the shadows -- Eastern influences -- Peter Mennin and George Rochberg -- Leonard Bernstein -- The present generation -- Symphonic music for band -- Postscript -- Catalogue of symphonies by American composers -- Discography. |
Abstract |
This book surveys the development of the symphony in the United States from early European influences in the last century to the present day, and asks why American composers have shown such allegiance to a musical form which their European contemporaries appear to have discarded. |
Local note | Little-312633--305131014224Q |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-327), discography (pages 303-323), and index. |
LCCN | 98014764 |
ISBN | 1859284590 (hb) |