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A survey of the American composers who invented new musical languages.

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"Smoothly executed. The chapter on Cage may well be the best introduction to his thought and work in English."—Gramophone

'...Has a subtle but insistently inquiring approach to biography and details of artistic development. Alan Rich sets out the facts on early-20th-century music with clarity as well as providing a succinct summary of the background of the rise of concert music in the cultured urban classes if the west coast in the 19th century."—Musical Times

On the 20th Century Composers Series

"As a series, Phaidon's 20th Century Composers has brought remarkable variety and a welter of information, both necessary and delightfully trivial. Intended both for the general reader and for the more enthusiastically musical."—The Scotsman



Table of Contents
Preface/Prelude/Charles Ives/Edgard Varese/Henry Cowell/John Cage/New Sources, New Sounds/Epilogue/Selective List of Works/Further Reading/Selective Discography/Index

American Pioneers

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    A Paperback / softback by Alan Rich

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      Publisher Phaidon Press Ltd
      Published 1 March 2008
      ISBN-13 9780714847696
      978-0714847696
      ISBN-10 0714847690
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      Composers and songwriters

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A survey of the American composers who invented new musical languages.

      Trade Review

      "Smoothly executed. The chapter on Cage may well be the best introduction to his thought and work in English."—Gramophone

      '...Has a subtle but insistently inquiring approach to biography and details of artistic development. Alan Rich sets out the facts on early-20th-century music with clarity as well as providing a succinct summary of the background of the rise of concert music in the cultured urban classes if the west coast in the 19th century."—Musical Times

      On the 20th Century Composers Series

      "As a series, Phaidon's 20th Century Composers has brought remarkable variety and a welter of information, both necessary and delightfully trivial. Intended both for the general reader and for the more enthusiastically musical."—The Scotsman



      Table of Contents
      Preface/Prelude/Charles Ives/Edgard Varese/Henry Cowell/John Cage/New Sources, New Sounds/Epilogue/Selective List of Works/Further Reading/Selective Discography/Index

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