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The Music of William Schuman, Vincent Persichetti, and Peter Mennin - Voices of Stone and Steel (Paperback)
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The Music of William Schuman, Vincent Persichetti, and Peter Mennin - Voices of Stone and Steel (Paperback)
Series: Modern Traditionalist Classical Music
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William Schuman, Vincent Persichetti, and Peter Mennin were three
of the most significant American composers of the 20th century, yet
their music has largely disappeared from view since their
respective deaths. Because they each spent the majority of their
careers working at the Juilliard School and Lincoln Center, their
music is often viewed as "interchangeable." In The Music of William
Schuman, Vincent Persichetti, and Peter Mennin: Voices of Stone and
Steel, Walter Simmons provides a thorough examination of the lives
and work of these artists, clarifying their considerable
individuality both as composers and as human beings. The book
begins with a comprehensive introduction summarizing the
conventional view of the history of American music, while noting
the marginalization of traditionalist composers-those who preferred
to work with the musical forms and developmental principles on
which the body of Western classical music is based. In the chapters
that follow, each composer is presented through a brief overview
and a biographical essay, followed by a general description of his
style. Extensively researched and including detailed discussions
and insights, the sections include lists of the composer's "most
representative, fully realized works" and then provide systematic
overviews of most or all of their compositions, giving the reader a
general understanding of the artist and his work. The overviews
contain a description of each composition, information concerning
first performance and first recording, excerpts from reviews as
well as Simmons' own critical assessment of each, and a statement
of its place within the composer's output as a whole. A selected
bibliography and essential discography follows at the end of each
chapter.
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