Harvard Composers - Walter Piston and His Students, from Elliot Carter to Frederic Rzewski

Walter Piston (1894-1976) taught for over thirty years (1926-1960) at Harvard, where he taught such well-known composers as Harold Shapiro and Leonard Bernstein. The biographies, major accomplishments, stylistic developments, and technical resources of 33 of his students are described.

About the author

Howard Pollack, a musicologist and pianist (BM, University of Michigan; Ph.D., Cornell), teaches at the University of Houston. His publications include the biographies Walter Piston (UMI, 1982) and John Alden Carpenter (Smithsonian, forthcoming) and numerous articles and reviews. He is also co-editor of a collection of essays on German music and literature of the 20th century, An Aesthetic Fusion (Fink, forthcoming).

Summary

Walter Piston (1894-1976) taught for over thirty years (1926-1960) at Harvard, where he taught such well-known composers as Harold Shapiro and Leonard Bernstein. The biographies, major accomplishments, stylistic developments, and technical resources of 33 of his students are described.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Pollack
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780810824935
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-2493-5
• No. of pages: 508
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 224 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 720 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Musiker, Sänger, Bands und Gruppen, Komponisten und Songwriter