The American Stravinsky : the style and aesthetics of Copland's new American music, the early works, 1921-1938 / Gayle Murchison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murchison, Gayle Minetta.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990--Criticism and interpretation.

Copland, Aaron.

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971--Influence.

Stravinsky, Igor.

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.

Music--United States--European influences--History--20th century.

Music.

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

United States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2012]

Summary:

One of the country's most enduringly successful composers, Aaron Copland created a distinctively American style and aesthetic in works for a diversity of genres and mediums, including ballet, opera, and film. Also active as a critic, mentor, advocate, and concert organizer, he played a decisive role in the growth of serious music in the Americas in the twentieth century. In The American Stravinsky, Gayle Murchison closely analyzes selected works to discern the specific compositional techniques Copland used and to understand the degree to which they derived from European models, particularly the influence of Igor Stravinsky. Murchison examines how Copland both Americanized these models and made them his own, thereby finding his own compositional voice. Murchison also discusses Copland's aesthetics of music and his ideas about its purpose and social function. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Scherzo humoristique (Cat and Mouse): Copland's American Petrushka and His Debt to Stravinsky 9

Chapter 2 Boulanger and Compositional Maturity 35

Chapter 3 Popular Music and Jazz: Authentic or Ersatz? 55

Chapter 4 Paris and Jazz: French Neoclassicism and the New Modern American Music 72

Chapter 5 Back in the United States: Popular Music, Jazz, and the New American Music 95

Chapter 6 European Influence beyond Stravinsky and Les Six: Hába and Schoenberg 124

Chapter 7 Toward a New National Music during the 1930s: Copland's Populism, Accessible Style, and Folk and Popular Music 148

Chapter 8 Copland's Journey Left 160

Chapter 9 "Folk" Music and the Popular Front: El Salón México 190

Chapter 10 Billy the Kid 208.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-275) and index.

ISBN:

9780472099849

0472099841

OCLC:

779272883