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.

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Edith Borroff, Borroff Edith
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.06.1986
• EAN: 9780819153715
• ISBN: 978-0-8191-5371-5
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 219 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; REFERENCE / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects, Western "classical" music, Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects