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The sound of a superpower : musical Americanism and the Cold War
Title
The sound of a superpower : musical Americanism and the Cold War / Emily Abrams Ansari.
ISBN
9780190649722 (ebook) :
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 10, 2018).
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Summary
Classical composers seeking to create an American sound enjoyed unprecedented success during the 1930s and 1940s. Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Howard Hanson, and others brought national and international attention to American composers for the first time in history. In the years after World War II, however, something changed. The prestige of musical Americanism waned rapidly as anti-Communists made accusations against leading Americanist composers. Meanwhile, a method of harmonic organization that some considered more Cold War, appropriate, serialism, began to rise in status. For many composers and historians, the Cold War had effectively 'killed off' musical Americanism. In this work, the author offers a fuller, more nuanced picture of the effect of the Cold War on Americanist composers.
Variant and related titles
Oxford scholarship online.
Other formats
Print version :
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 22, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience
Specialized.
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