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  • Leo Ornstein

    Modernist Dilemmas, Personal Choices

    Leo Ornstein: Modernist Dilemmas, Personal Choices traces the meteoric rise and heretofore inexplicable disappearance of the Russian-American, futurist-anarchist, pianist-composer from his arrival in the United States in 1906 through a career that lasted nearly a century. Outliving his admirers and critics by decades Leo Ornstein passed away in 2002 at the age of 108. Frequently compared to Igor ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Revolutions in American Music

    Three Decades That Changed a Country and Its Sounds

    The story of how unexpected connections between music, technology, and race across three tumultuous decades changed American culture.How did a European social dance craze become part of an American presidential election? Why did the recording industry become racially divided? Where did rock ’n’ roll really come from? And how do all these things continue to reverberate in today’s world?In ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Mavericks and Other Traditions in American Music

    From colonial times to the present, American composers have lived on the fringes of society and defined themselves in large part as outsiders. In this stimulating book Michael Broyles considers the tradition of maverick composers and explores what these mavericks reveal about American attitudes toward the arts and about American society itself.Broyles starts by examining the careers of three ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Bach Perspectives, Volume 5

    Bach in America

    Series series Bach Perspectives
    More than a century passed after Johann Sebastian Bach's death in 1750 before his music found an audience in the United States. Volume Five in the Bach Perspectives series tracks the composer's reputation in America from obscure artist to a cultural mainstay whose music has spread to all parts of the country.Barbara Owen surveys Bach's early reception in America. Matthew Dirst focuses on John ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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    Revolutions in American Music

    Three Decades That Changed a Country and Its Sounds

    Narrated by John McLain ...

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    13 hours 35 min

    How did a European social dance craze become part of an American presidential election? Why did the recording industry become racially divided? Where did rock 'n' roll really come from? And how do all these things continue to reverberate in today's world?In Revolutions in American Music, award-winning author Michael Broyles shows the surprising ways in which three key decades—the 1840s, the 1920s, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD