Circle of winners: how the Guggenheim Foundation composition awards shaped American music culture

"An essential high culture institution, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has both supported and molded American musical culture. Denise Von Glahn examines the Foundation and its immense influence from the organization's prehistory and origins through the onset of World War II....

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1. Verfasser: Von Glahn, Denise 1950- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Urbana ; Chicago ; Springfield University of Illinois Press [2023]
Schriftenreihe:Music in American life
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Zusammenfassung:"An essential high culture institution, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has both supported and molded American musical culture. Denise Von Glahn examines the Foundation and its immense influence from the organization's prehistory and origins through the onset of World War II. Funded by the Guggenheim mining fortune, the Foundation took early shape from the efforts of Carroll Wilson, Frank Aydelotte, and Henry Allen Moe--three Rhodes Scholars who initially struggled to envision and implement the organization's ambitious goals. Von Glahn also examines the career of the longtime musical advisor Thomas Whitney Surette while profiling early awardees Aaron Copland, Ruth Crawford Seeger, William Grant Still, Roger Sessions, George Antheil, and Carlos Chávez. She examines the processes behind their selection, their values and aesthetics, and their relationships with the insiders and others who championed their work"--
Beschreibung:xiv, 288 Seiten Illustrationen 23,5 cm
ISBN:9780252087226
9780252045097

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