Perspectives on American Music, 1900-1950Michael Saffle The essays in this collection reflect the range and depth of musical life in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. Contributions consider the rise and triumph of popular forms such as jazz, swing, and blues, as well as the contributions to art music of composers such as Ives, Cage, and Copland, among others. American contributions to music technology and dissemination, and the role of these forms in extending the audience for music, is also a focus. |
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Technological Economic and Social StrandsA Spectral Analysis Raymond E Dessy | 51 |
Kent Holliday | 105 |
The Territory Bands and Ballrooms of Kansas City Missouri 19251935 Marc Rice | 137 |
Timothy M Kalil | 171 |
WorkingClass Southwestern Jazz of the 1930s and 1940s Jean A Boyd | 193 |
John Cage Lou Harrison and the West Coast Percussion Ensemble Leta E Miller | 215 |
Organist Educator Early Music Pioneer and American Composer Mark DeVoto
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High Middle and Low Culture 19371954 Donald C Meyer | 301 |
Virgil Thomson Aaron Copland and Gail Kubik Alfred W Cochran
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1940s Hollywood Looks at American Popular Songwriters John C Tibbetts
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Contributors | 385 |
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