John Alden Carpenter - A Bio-Bibliography

To study this composer is to study the tastes and trends of the American people from 1912 through World War II. This bio-bibliography presents Carpenter's life and works, as well as the contemporary views, reviews, and criticisms that reveal historical attitudes and prejudices of American life in those troubled times. Looking back several decades, it is possible to discover what was enduring, what was transitory, and what elements would become important to our present state of musical composition. This volume includes a biography, a list of works and performances, a discography, and an annotated bibliography and will be of interest to students of music, dancers and choreographers, history buffs, and music lovers alike. Throughout, one will find many gems from reviews.

Although Carpenter was an American with a Harvard education who quoted American popular tunes, he was also an eclectic. He wrote many works in a French impressionistic style, some with Germanic forms, and sometimes borrowing Spanish, Russian, and Oriental melodies, rhythms, and instruments. He was inspired by programmatic ideas and even wrote the program notes for his Adventures in a Perambulator suite. Humor and fantasy can be found in this suite, which depicts a baby's stroll through the park with its nurse, and in Krazy Kat, his jazz pantomime based on George Herriman's cartoon strip. Jazz first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House in the 1926 production of Skyscrapers, Carpenter's ballet of work and play. Carpenter was born in Park Ridge, Illinois, 28 February 1876 and died 26 April 1951 in Chicago. New recordings of his music have recently been issued in LP and CD formats.

Table des matières

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Biography
Works and Performances
Guide to the Works
Orchestral Music
Chamber Music
Piano Music
Songs
Plays
Discography
Bibliography
Bibliographies (Music Literature)
Bibliographies (Music)
Discographies
Yearbooks and Directories
Catalogs
Dissertations and Masters' Theses
Histories and Chronologies
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Music Theory
Dance
Journals
Newspapers
Appendix
Alphabetical Index of Works
Chronological List of Works
General Index

A propos de l'auteur

Joan OConnor

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Joan OConnor
• Edition: Bloomsbury
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 24.05.1994
• EAN: 9780313264306
• ISBN: 978-0-313-26430-6
• Thème: Bio-Bibliographies in Music
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Dictionnaire, ouvrages de référence > Dictionnaires, encyclopédies; USA, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Biography: arts & entertainment, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Composers and songwriters, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Biography: arts and entertainment, 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Art music, orchestral and formal music, Bibliographies, catalogues, Popular Culture: Music and Performing Arts