Written for the both the scholar and amateur enthusiast interested in modern classical music and American social history, Nationalist and Populist Composers creates a contextual frame through which all audiences can better understand such eternal works as Rhapsody in Blue, Appalachian Spring, and West Side Story.
Written for the both the scholar and amateur enthusiast interested in modern classical music and American social history, Nationalist and Populist Composers creates a contextual frame through which all audiences can better understand such eternal works as Rhapsody in Blue, Appalachian Spring, and West Side Story.
Chapter 1 George Gershwin: Sweet and Low-DownChapter 2 Randall Thompson: The Choir VisibleChapter 3 Virgil Thompson: PlainspeakingChapter 4 Aaron Copland: Prophets, Cowboys, and the Common ManChapter 5 Roy Harris: Pioneers! O Pioneers!Chapter 6 Kurt Weill: Shapeshifter on BroadwayChapter 7 Morton Gould: The Artist as ProfessionalChapter 8 Leonard Bernstein: American Idol:Afterword: Sic transit