Three American Composers

Traces the power shift from the apprentice/conservatory system of training composers to the university system, which took place in the United States from 1925ó1975. Describes how this change influenced the works of three renowned American composers: Irwin Fischer, Ross Lee Finney, and George Crumb.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Edith Borroff is Professor of Music at the State University of New York at Binghamton.

Zusammenfassung

Traces the power shift from the apprentice/conservatory system of training composers to the university system, which took place in the United States from 1925o1975. Describes how this change influenced the works of three renowned American composers: Irwin Fischer, Ross Lee Finney, and George Crumb.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Edith Borroff, Borroff Edith
• Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 04.06.1986
• EAN: 9780819153715
• ISBN: 978-0-8191-5371-5
• Abmessung: 146 mm x 219 mm x 25 mm
• Gewicht: 499 g
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Musik > Allgemeines, Lexika; REFERENCE / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects, Western "classical" music, Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects