| Description |
[ix], 387 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-376) and index. |
| Contents |
We, the rebels -- Pioneers. William Billings : rebel with many causes ; The log cabin composer -- New concepts and forces in American culture. Precursors : Charles Ives and Leo Ornstein ; "Prologue to the annual tragedy" ; The community of the ultramoderns -- After the war. New directions : the serial wars ; Postwar experimentalism : John Cage ; The maverick core ; Minimalism and strange bedfellows -- The legacy of the mavericks. Looking back : Puritanism, geography, and the myth of American individualism ; Looking forward : "The end of the Renaissance!" |
| Subject |
Composers -- United States -- Biography.
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Music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Billings, William, 1746-1800.
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Heinrich, Anthony Philip, 1781-1861.
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Ives, Charles, 1874-1954.
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Ornstein, Leo, 1892-2002.
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Cage, John.
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| ISBN |
0300100450 (alk. paper) |
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