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Author

Sullivan, Jack, 1946-

Title New World symphonies : how American culture changed European music / Jack Sullivan.

Imprint

New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c1999.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	780.94 Su54n	---	Available

Description	xix, 262 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The legacy of the sorrow songs -- Hiawatha fever : the legacy of Longfellow -- New worlds of terror : the legacy of Poe -- New World songs : the legacy of Whitman -- Beyond the frontier : New World landscape -- Broadway, Hollywood and the accidental beauties of silly songs -- New World rhythm : the spread of jazz.
Subject	Music -- Europe -- American influences.
	Music -- United States -- History and criticism.
ISBN	0300072317