Frontier Figures American Music and the Mythology of the American West

Name: Frontier Figures American Music and the Mythology of the American West
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ISBN: 9780520267787

ISBN-10: 0520267788

ISBN-13: 9780520267787

Edition: 2012

Authors: Beth E. Levy

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Frontier Figuresis a tour-de-force exploration of how the American West, both as physical space and inspiration, animated American music. Examining the work of such composers as Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Virgil Thomson, Charles Wakefield Cadman, and Arthur Farwell, Beth E. Levy addresses questions of regionalism, race, and representation as well as changing relationships to the natural world to highlight the intersections between classical music and the diverse worlds of Indians, pioneers, and cowboys. Levy draws from an array of genres to show how different brands of western Americana were absorbed into American culture by way of sheet music, radio, lecture recitals, the concert hall, and…

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/18/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 470
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Beth E. Levyis Associate Professor of Music at the University of California, Davis.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction: The Course of Empire



Arthur Farwell's West



The Wa-Wan and the West



Western Democracy, Western Landscapes, Western Music



Western Encounters: Charles Wakefield Cadman and Others



Encountering Indians



Staging the West



American Pastorals



West of Eden



Power in the Land



Harvest Home



Roy Harris: Provincial Cowboy, White Hope



How Roy Harris Became Western



Manifest Destiny



The Composer as Folk Singer



Aaron Copland: From Orient to Occident



The Saga of the Prairies



Communal Song, Cosmopolitan Song



Copland and the Cinematic West


Conclusion: On the Trail


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index