Henry Cowell : A Man Made of Music.
Joel. Sachs
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2012
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (619 pages)
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| Opplysninger | Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: Of the Three Ladies, Henry, and Some Others -- PART ONE: CHILD TO MAN -- 1. Clarissa, Harry, and Their Child -- 2. Henry -- 3. Years of Voyage -- 4. The Turning Point -- 5. The Expanding Circle -- 6. Beginning Bi-coastal Life -- 7. Genesis of a Theoretical System -- 8. Henry Goes to War -- 9. Marketing Henry -- PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL ULTRAMODERNIST VIRTUOSO -- 10. The Trio -- 11. Conquering Europe, First Attempt (1923) -- 12. Attacking the American Market -- 13. Europe Again (1926) -- 14. Making It in America, Scene 2 -- 15. Europe, Third Installment (1929) -- 16. New Musical Resources -- 17. New Projects and Old (1929-1931) -- PART THREE: THE FRENETIC YEARS -- 18. Looking beyond Europe from Berlin -- 19. American Interlude -- 20. Berlin Again -- 21. The End of Virtuosity -- 22. The New Technologies -- 23. Collapsing Dreams -- 24. American Composition or Americanist Music -- 25. Surveying the Larger Musical World -- 26. Music and Politics -- 27. Henry and His Circle -- 28. A Doomed Romance -- 29. Compositions of 1929-1936 -- 30. Thirty-Nine -- PART FOUR: FOUR ENDLESS YEARS -- 31. Life Stops -- 32. The Hearing -- 33. Arriving and Adjusting: The First Summer -- 34. The Second Day of Reckoning -- 35. Living with It -- 36. Living with It (Continued) -- 37. The Melody Book and Other Ideas -- 38. Toward the Exit -- PART FIVE: LIFE RESUMES -- 39. The First Six Months -- 40. First Turning Point -- 41. Problem Solved -- 42. End of an Era -- 43. The War Effort -- 44. Old Friendships Renewed -- 45. Figs -- 46. A Settled Life -- 47. Simplicity -- 48. Collaborations and an Ives Biography -- 49. Europe Again -- PART SIX: WORLD TRAVELER -- 50. The Big Trip -- 51. Iran, I -- 52. India -- 53. Iran, II -- 54. Change of Plans -- 55. A New Radicalism, 1957-1961 -- 56. Asia Again.. - 57. Years of Honor, 1961-1963 -- 58. The Cold War Again -- 59. Home Again, 1963-1964 -- 60. Finale -- 61. Who Was Henry Cowell? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selective Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.. - Henry Cowell: A Man Made of Music is the first complete biography of one of the most innovative figures in twentieth-century American music. It explores in detail the complexities and impact of his life, work, and teachings.
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| ISBN | 9780195108958
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