| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 288 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Music in American Life |
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Music in American life.
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| Contents |
Conservative transcendentalist or modernist firebrand? : Ives and his first publics, 1921-1934 -- Songs of our fathers : the advocacy of Henry Cowell and the appeal of the American past, 1927-1947 -- Winning hearts and minds : Ives as Cold War icon, 1947-1965 -- The prison of culture : Ives, American studies, and intellectual history, 1965-1985 -- Musicology makes its mark : Ives and the history of style, 1965-1985 -- Ives at century's turn -- Postscript : "So what do you think about Ives?" |
| Summary |
A history charting the composer's hard-fought rise to preeminence. By embedding Ives' reception within the changing developments of a range of fields - including intellectual history, American studies, literature, musicology, and American politics and society in general - this book advances readers' understanding of Ives and his influence on nearly a century of American culture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-276) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Ives, Charles, 1874-1954 -- Appreciation -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Ives, Charles, 1874-1954 fast |
| Subject |
Musicology -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician.
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Art appreciation
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Musicology
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019718251 |
| ISBN |
0252094697 |
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9780252094699 |
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1299463401 |
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9781299463400 |
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