Henry Cowell :: a man made of music /

Joel Sachs offers the first complete biography of one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century American music. Henry Cowell, a major musical innovator of the first half of the century, left a rich body of compositions spanning a wide range of styles. But as Sachs shows, Cowell's leg...

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1. Verfasser: Sachs, Joel
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
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Zusammenfassung:Joel Sachs offers the first complete biography of one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century American music. Henry Cowell, a major musical innovator of the first half of the century, left a rich body of compositions spanning a wide range of styles. But as Sachs shows, Cowell's legacy extends far beyond his music. He worked tirelessly to create organizations such as the highly influential New Music Quarterly, New Music Recordings, and the Pan-American Association of Composers, through which great talents like Ruth Crawford Seeger and Charles Ives first became known in the US and a.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvii, 600 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 565-575) and index.
ISBN:9780199976836
019997683X
9781283740319
1283740311
0190268018
9780190268015

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