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State Of Music, The (Music Book Index) (Library Binding)

by Virgil Thomson (Author)

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Library Binding: 250 pages
Publisher: Reprint Services Corp (January 1939)
ISBN-10: 0781295238
ISBN-13: 978-0781295239

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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The Queer Composition of America's Sound: Gay Modernists, American Music, and National Identity by Nadine Hubbs on 5 pages
Genesis Of A Music: An Account Of A Creative Work, Its Roots, And Its Fulfillments, Second Edition (Da Capo Paperback) by Harry Partch on 5 pages
Virgil Thomson: A Reader: Selected Writings, 1924-1984 by R. Kostelanetz on 4 pages
The American Musical Landscape: The Business of Musicianship from Billings to Gershwin, Updated With a New Preface (Ernest Bloch Lectures, 8) by Richard Crawford in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Reflections of an American Composer by Arthur Berger on page 113, and Back Matter

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5.0 out of 5 stars Old, but not dated, July 4, 2009

By	Sebastian Winston "Music Doctor" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I guess that I have become a big Virgil Thomson fan in my old age. The preternatural importance of his music in forming an "American Sound" (to wit, sine qua non), his conviction about the roles of musicians, painters and poets in society and his sardonic vision about everything that he heard appeals to me. This book is a classic and should be read by anyone who considers him- or herself an objective listener. Excellent book.

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