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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Gilbert Chase |
ISBN: | 0252062752 9780252062759 |
OCLC Number: | 751142919 |
Awards: | Winner of Winner of a Special Commendation from the Sonneck Society, 1989. (Cf. Society for American Music) 1989 |
Description: | xxiv, 712 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm. |
Contents: | The musical Puritans -- Conflict and reform -- Dissenters and minority sects -- The African presence -- Gentlemen amateurs -- European professionals -- American pioneers -- Progress, profit, and uplift -- The genteel tradition -- The fasola folk -- Revival hymns and spiritual songs -- The Negro spirituals -- The Ethiopian business -- America's minstrel -- Romantic Americanism -- Exotic romanticism -- Europe versus America -- Music for the millions -- Decorum and diversity -- On with the show -- New England again -- The Native Americans -- The rise of ragtime -- Composer from Connecticut -- The ultramodern movement -- New American mix -- Everywhere the Blues -- Jazz: tradition and transformation -- The pit and the proscenium -- Toward an American opera -- The grand tradition -- Creative systems -- Innovation and experiment -- Country to rock -- with soul. |
Series Title: | Music in American life. |
Responsibility: | Gilbert Chase ; with a foreword by Richard Crawford ; and a discographical essay by William Brooks. |
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Winner of a Special Commendation from the Sonneck Society, 1989. (Cf. Society for American Music). "Still leads the field, with unmatched scholarship, polished language, and grand conception. . . . A remarkable book."--American Music "A powerful summary of Chase's life's work. He remains an original and persuasive historian, whose mastery of contextual analysis is admirable."--Ethnomusicology "A landmark in American musical historiography. . . . Indispensable for music teachers and scholars; moreover, it is accessible to the layman. . . . An exhaustive bibliography, excellent discography, and rarely seen illustrations and photographs add to its attractiveness."--Black Perspectives in Music Read more...

