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University of California Press Frontier Figures: American Music and the Mythology of the American West: 14 (California Studies in 20th-Century Music)

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Frontier Figures is a tour-de-force exploration of how the American West, both as physical space and inspiration, animated American music. Examining the work of such composers as Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Virgil Thomson, Charles Wakefield Cadman, and Arthur Farwell, Beth E. Levy addresses questions of regionalism, race, and representation as well as changing relationships to the natural world to highlight the intersections between classical music and the diverse worlds of Indians, pioneers, and cowboys. Levy draws from an array of genres to show how different brands of western Americana were absorbed into American culture by way of sheet music, radio, lecture recitals, the concert hall, and film. Frontier Figures is a comprehensive illumination of what the West meant and still means to composers living and writing long after the close of the frontier. Review " Frontier Figures tempts us with a great deal of fascinating information and interpretation, and triggers even more questions about the development of American music."--Belinda Thompson "Journal of the Society for American Music" (4/1/2015 12:00:00 AM) "Levy offers an amazing amount of scholarship. She has researched nearly every person and event of this period. . . . Highly recommended."--W.K. Kearns, Emeritus, University of Colorado at Boulder "Choice" (9/26/2012 12:00:00 AM) "Music professor Levy looks at how Western Americana has been woven into American culture via music."-- "Sacramento Bee" (7/9/2012 12:00:00 AM) A fine resource for extending the scholarly dialogue.--Carl Rahkonen "Journal of American Folklore 128, no. 507" (3/1/2015 12:00:00 AM) A welcome and reliable contribution to the scholarship on Tahiti.--Belinda Thompson "The Burlington Magazine" (4/1/2015 12:00:00 AM) From the Inside Flap Beth Levy has written an elegant work of depth and breadth that gives generous space to the idea of the American West. Her discussions of more than a dozen composers and their works--some usual suspects, others rather unexpected--reveal the 'varied musical ecosystems of the west.' Levy takes us with her on the trail in prose that is by turns pithy and poetic, but always spot on.--Denise Von Glahn, author of The Sounds of Place: Music and the American Cultural Landscape "Big and bold as the terrain it covers, Beth Levy's Frontier Figures takes us on a gratifying road trip, traversing American 'classical' compositions that conjure up landscapes from the Middle West to the shores of the Pacific. En route, we encounter many now-famous composers, such as Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, and Virgil Thomson, along with others who have faded from view. Throughout, Levy treats the 'West' as both geographic location and mythologized ideal, demonstrating its power on the American musical imagination."--Carol Oja, author of Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s. About the Author Beth E. Levy is Associate Professor of Music at the University of California, Davis.

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Brand: University of California Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0520267761
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Music > Styles > Classical Music
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 18 April 2012
Listed Since: 06 October 2011

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