0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Dance > Ballet

Buy Now

Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,484
Discovery Miles 24 840
Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring (Hardcover): Annegret Fauser

Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring (Hardcover)

Annegret Fauser

Series: Oxford Keynotes

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R2,484 Discovery Miles 24 840 | Repayment Terms: R233 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

Appalachian Spring, with music by Aaron Copland and choreography by Martha Graham, counts among the best known American contributions to the global concert hall and stage. In the years since its premiere-as a dance work at the Library of Congress in 1944-it has become one of Copland's most widely performed scores, and the Martha Graham Dance Company still treats it as a signature work. Over the decades, the dance and the music have taken on a range of meanings that have transformed a wartime production into a seemingly timeless expression of American identity, both musically and visually. In this Oxford Keynotes volume, distinguished musicologist Annegret Fauser follows the work from its inception in the midst of World War II to its intersections with contemporary American culture, whether in the form of choreographic reinterpretations or musical ones, as by John Williams, in 2009, for the inauguration of President Barack Obama. A concise and lively introduction to the history of the work, its realization on stage, and its transformations over time, this volume combines deep archival research and cultural interpretations to recount the creation of Appalachian Spring as a collaboration between three creative giants of twentieth-century American art: Graham, Copland, and Isamu Noguchi. Building on past and current scholarship, Fauser critiques the myths that remain associated with the work and its history, including Copland's famous disclaimer that Appalachian Spring had nothing to do with the eponymous Southern mountain region. This simultaneous endeavor in both dance and music studies presents an incisive exploration this work, situating it in various contexts of collaborative and individual creation.

General

Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: Oxford Keynotes
Release date: November 2017
Authors: Annegret Fauser (Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor & Adjunct Professor of Women's and Gender Studies)
Dimensions: 213 x 148 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-064686-8
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Dance > Ballet
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
Books > Music > Composers & musicians
Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
LSN: 0-19-064686-1
Barcode: 9780190646868

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

The Great History Of Russian Ballet
Evdokia Belova, E. Bocharnikova Hardcover R935 Discovery Miles 9 350
Bakst
Elisabeth Ingles Hardcover R1,020 Discovery Miles 10 200
Theories of Ballet in the Age of the…
Olivia Sabee Paperback R2,487 Discovery Miles 24 870
Making a Ballet - The Choreographer…
Clement Crisp, Mary Clarke Paperback R639 Discovery Miles 6 390
HowExpert Guide to Ballet - 101+ Tips to…
Howexpert, Lauren Dillon Hardcover R765 Discovery Miles 7 650
Tears of a Ballet Mum
Sabine Naghdi Hardcover R1,031 Discovery Miles 10 310
bundle available
The Golden Age - Ballet in Soviet Russia…
Gerald Dowler Hardcover R1,134 Discovery Miles 11 340
100 Lessons in Classical Ballet - The…
Vera S. Kostrovitskaya Paperback R609 R479 Discovery Miles 4 790
Nutcracker Dancing Shapes - Shapes and…
Once Upon A Dance Hardcover R552 Discovery Miles 5 520
A Dancer's Dream
Katherine Woodfine Paperback R184 Discovery Miles 1 840
Experiencing the Art of Pas de Deux
Jennifer C. Kronenberg, Carlos M. Guerra Paperback R591 R518 Discovery Miles 5 180
Fanny Elssler - The Pagan Ballerina
Ivor Guest Hardcover R830 Discovery Miles 8 300
bundle available

See more

Partners