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The sound of a superpower : musical Americanism and the Cold War / Emily Abrams Ansari.
LIBRA ML3917.U6 A57 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ansari, Emily Abrams, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Music.
- Cold War--Music and the war.
- Cold War.
- Music--United States--20th century--History and criticism.
- Music--Political aspects.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 269 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- 1 The American Exceptionalists / Howard Hanson Hanson, Howard, William Schuman Schuman, William 28
- 2 The "Apolitical" Opportunist / Virgil Thomson Thomson, Virgil 64
- 3 The Disillusioned Nationalist / Roy Harris Harris, Roy 93
- 4 The Principled Brand Strategist / Aaron Copland Copland, Aaron 128
- 5 The Frustrated Activist / Leonard Bernstein Bernstein, Leonard 162.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780190649692
- 0190649690
- OCLC:
- 1008762992
- Publisher Number:
- 99976996377
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