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American pioneers : Ives to Cage and beyond / Alan Rich.

By: Rich, Alan [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: 20th-century composers: Publisher: London : Phaidon Press Limited, 1995Description: 240 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, music, portraits ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0714831735 (paperback).Subject(s): Composers -- United States -- Biography | Music -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticismDDC classification: 780.922
Contents:
Prelude -- Charles Ives -- Edgard Varèse -- Henry Cowell -- John Cage -- New sources, new sounds.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The first book to concentrate on the rebellious trend within American music at the turn of the 20thcentury. Their pioneering flair was an act of defiance: Americans throwing off the shackles of European tradition and inventing a new language, seeking to redefine what could or could not be embraced by the term 'music'. American Pioneers examines Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, John Cage, Carl Ruggles, Edgard Varèse, Harry Patch, Colin McPhee and Lou Harrison, focusing on the peculiarly American quality of their artistic motivation.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Prelude -- Charles Ives -- Edgard Varèse -- Henry Cowell -- John Cage -- New sources, new sounds.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Alan Rich is an American critic with a passion for contemporary music. He writes for the Los Angeles Weekly and is author of a number of books and a series of interactive music programs for computers.