Overview

Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 1700s, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. In his series The Symphonic Repertoire, the late A. Peter Brown explored the symphony from its 18th century beginnings into the 21st century. In volume V, The Symphony in the Americas, Brown's former students and colleagues collaborate to complete the work he began on this critical period of development in symphonic history. The research and adds to an unmatched compendium of knowledge for the student, teacher, performer, and sophisticated amateur. This volume presents current overviews of the status of research, deals with unique challenges for the development of the symphony in the United States and Latin America, illuminates the style of specific works and their contexts, and samples early writings on their reception. This much-anticipated fifth volume of The Symphonic Repertoire--The Symphony in the Americas--offers a user-friendly, comprehensive history of the symphony genre in the United States and Latin America.

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Author:   B Hart
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9780253067531

ISBN 10:   0253067537
Pages:   1168
Publication Date:   30 January 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction to the Symphonic Repertoire of the United States and Latin America, by Brian Hart 2. The First Generation of Symphonists in the United States, by Douglas Shadle 3. The Second New England School and their Contemporaries, by E. Douglas Bomberger 4. The Symphonic Works of Charles Ives, by J. Peter Burkholder 5. From 1920 to 1950 in the United States: The Symphony in a World Upended, by Susan Key, with Drew Massey 6. Forgotten Modernisms: The Symphony in the United States from 1950 to 1970, by Katherine Baber 7. The Symphony in South America, by Carol A. Hess 8. The Symphony in Mexico, Central America, and the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean, by Carol A. Hess 9. The Symphony in the United States since 1970, by Matthew Mugmon Index

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"""A masterful and elegantly written history of the symphony and symphonic repertory throughout the Americas, from the colonial period to the present, in Spanish-, Portuguese-, and English-speaking countries, including coverage of the symphony in Canada. Volume editor Brian Hart and his group of leading experts give a comprehensive treatment of the genre showing how composers from throughout the western hemisphere have put their own individual stamp on the form over the centuries. The Symphony in the Americas is an outstanding achievement and a magnificent addition to the late A. Peter Brown's multi-volume series The Symphonic Repertoire.""--John Koegel, author of Music in German Immigrant Theater"

"""A masterful and elegantly written history of the symphony and symphonic repertory throughout the Americas, from the colonial period to the present, in Spanish-, Portuguese-, and English-speaking countries, including coverage of the symphony in Canada. Volume editor Brian Hart and his group of leading experts give a comprehensive treatment of the genre showing how composers from throughout the western hemisphere have put their own individual stamp on the form over the centuries. The Symphony in the Americas is an outstanding achievement and a magnificent addition to the late A. Peter Brown's multi-volume series The Symphonic Repertoire.""—John Koegel, author of Music in German Immigrant Theater"

Author Information

Brian Hart is Professor of Music History at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of ""The French Symphony after Berlioz: From the Second Empire to the First World War"" in Volume 3B of The Symphonic Repertoire. He has written and presented on various topics relating to French symphonic music and culture including Vincent d'Indy's influence on French symphonic development, Debussy and the symphony, the French organ symphony, the symphonies of Arthur Honegger, and competing cultural and political interpretations of the symphony in fin de siècle France. He is the author of entries on César Franck, Arthur Honegger, Vincent d'Indy, Albert Roussel, and Ernest Chausson for Oxford Bibliographies Online.

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