Cosmopolitanism and transatlantic circles in music and literature /

Cosmopolitanism and Transatlantic Circles in Music and Literature traces the transatlantic networks that were constructed between a select group of composers, including Edvard Grieg, Edward MacDowell, and Percy Grainger, and the writers with whom they shared cosmopolitan affinities, including Arne G...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weber, Ryan R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Series:Palgrave studies in music and literature.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : traversing time, place, and space
  • Local debates, international partnerships : Garborg, Benzon, and Grieg's idea of cosmopolitanism
  • From songs to psalms : Grieg's cosmopolitan aesthetic
  • Cosmopolitan practices : Grieg, Grainger, and the search for a musical analogue
  • Cosmopolitan ideas : Grieg, MacDowell, and a tale of "Weary Men"
  • In search of hybridity : MacDowell, Grainger, and the end of anachronisms
  • The Grainger paradox : manufacturing hybridity, circulating exclusivity.