Fr. 111.60

Dr S. Andrew (Customer) Granade, S Andrew Granade, S. Andrew Granade, S. Andrew (Customer) Granade

Harry Partch, Hobo Composer

English · Hardback

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Description

Examines the impact of Harry Partch's hobo years from a variety of perspectives, exploring how the composer both engaged and frustrated popular conceptions of the hobo.

List of contents

Prologue: To Sound American
The Hobo in Partch's Early Life and Aesthetic
Interlude 1: Transients and Migrants
The Transient Journey
Bitter Music
A Knight of the Road
Interlude 2: Hoboes
U.S. Highball: Becoming a Musical Hobo
A Newsboy Letter
Trading on a Hobo Image
The Strangest Kind of Hobo
Epilogue: To Be American
Glossary of Instruments and Hobo Slang
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

S. Andrew Granade

Product details

Authors	Dr S. Andrew (Customer) Granade, S Andrew Granade, S. Andrew Granade, S. Andrew (Customer) Granade
Publisher	Boydell & Brewer

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	01.10.2014

EAN	9781580464956
ISBN	978-1-58046-495-6
No. of pages	368
Dimensions	6 mm x 241 mm x 30 mm
Weight	704 g
Series	Eastman Studies in Music Eastman Studies in Music
Subject	Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory

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