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Twentieth-Century American Masters: Ives, Thomson, Sessions, Cowell, Gershwin, Copland, Carter, Barber, Cage, Bernstein (New Grove)

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Twentieth-Century American Masters: Ives, Thomson, Sessions, Cowell, Gershwin, Copland, Carter, Barber, Cage, Bernstein (New Grove) (Paperback)

by John Kirkpatrick (Author) "1. UP TO 1899. Charles Edward Ives was the son of George E. Ives (1845-94), a versatile bandmaster whose parents were transcendentalists (according to family..." (more)
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Paperback: 312 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (October 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0393315886
ISBN-13: 978-0393315882
Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces
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First Sentence:
1. UP TO 1899. Charles Edward Ives was the son of George E. Ives (1845-94), a versatile bandmaster whose parents were transcendentalists (according to family tradition Emerson was their guest when he lectured at Danbury in 1859), and Mary Elizabeth Parmelee (1849-1929), whose mother was a choir singer of local prominence; he was born in Danbury, Connecticut, on 20 October 1874. Read the first page

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New York, Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, John Cage, Elliott Carter, Roger Sessions, Virgil Thomson, Henry Cowell, George Gershwin, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, San Francisco, Appalachian Spring, West Chester, American Academy, Philadelphia Orchestra, Fourth Symphony, Stereo Review, Second Symphony, Four Saints, New England, Two Part Invention, Current Chronicle, Imaginary Landscape, Los Angeles

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Rhapsody in Blue: Solo Piano (Original) by George Gershwin on 13 pages
Four Saints in Three Acts (2799) by V. Thomson on 5 pages
Piano Concerto: Full Score by Elliott Carter on 4 pages
Soundpieces: Interviews With American Composers by Cole Gagne on 4 pages
Essays Before a Sonata: The Majority and Other Writings by Charles Ives on 4 pages

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