Making music modern : New York in the 1920s /
New York City witnessed a dazzling burst of creativity in the 1920s. In this pathbreaking study, Carol J. Oja explores this artistic renaissance from the perspective of composers of classical and modern music, who along with writers, painters, and jazz musicians, were at the heart of early modernism...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | New York City witnessed a dazzling burst of creativity in the 1920s. In this pathbreaking study, Carol J. Oja explores this artistic renaissance from the perspective of composers of classical and modern music, who along with writers, painters, and jazz musicians, were at the heart of early modernism in America. She also illustrates how the aesthetic attitudes and institutional structures from the 1920s left a deep imprint on the arts over the 20th century. Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Virgil Thomson, William Grant Still, Edgar Varese, Henry Cowell, Leo Ornstein, Marion. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 493 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-467), discography (pages 365-366) , and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195363234 019536323X 9780195058499 0195058496 1601297327 9781601297327 1280523948 9781280523946 0195185803 9780195185805 9780199865031 0199865035 9780190281625 0190281626 9786610523948 6610523940 |