Aaron Copland''s Appalachian Spring

Informationen zum Autor Annegret Fauser is Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Music at UNC Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Her recent book, Sounds of War: Music in the United States during World War II (OUP, 2013), was awarded both the Music in American Culture Award of the American Musicological Society and an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. Klappentext Appalachian Spring, with music by Aaron Copland and choreography by Martha Graham, counts among the best known American contributions to the global concert hall and stage. Distinguished musicologist Annegret Fauser offers a concise and lively introduction to the history of the work, its realization on stage, and its transformations over time. Zusammenfassung Appalachian Spring, with music by Aaron Copland and choreography by Martha Graham, counts among the best known American contributions to the global concert hall and stage. Distinguished musicologist Annegret Fauser offers a concise and lively introduction to the history of the work, its realization on stage, and its transformations over time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments About the Companion Website Archives and Sources Introduction: Appalachian Connotations Chapter 1: A Commission and Its Context Chapter 2: The Creation of a Dance Piece Chapter 3: Appalachian Spring Performed Chapter 4: Americana between War and Peace Chapter 5: An American Icon Additional Sources for Reading and Listening

Product details

• Authors: Annegret Fauser, Annegret (Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished P Fauser, Fauser Annegret
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780190646875
• ISBN: 978-0-19-064687-5
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Oxford Keynotes; The Oxford Keynotes Series; The Oxford Keynotes Series; Oxford Keynotes
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Ballet, Ballet, Other performing arts, Theory of music & musicology, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Music: styles and genres, Music: styles & genres, Theory of music and musicology