Essays in American Music
Music and Culture in America, 1861-1918
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Saffle, James R. Heintze
July 15, 2016
This collection of new essays focuses on the crucial period at the end of the 19th and early 20th century when American music developed its own unique social and cultural institutions....
Perspectives on American Music, 1900-1950
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Saffle
February 01, 2000
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 ...
Perspectives on American Music since 1950
1st Edition
Edited
By James R. Heintze
June 01, 1999
As the century comes to a close, composition of music in the United States has reached little consensus in terms of style, techniques, or schools. In fourteen original articles, the contributors to this volume explore the broad range and diversity of post-World War II musical culture. Classical and...