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Music in a New Found Land - Themes and Developments in the History of American Music (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,474
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Music in a New Found Land - Themes and Developments in the History of American Music (Paperback): Wilfrid Mellers

Music in a New Found Land - Themes and Developments in the History of American Music (Paperback)

Wilfrid Mellers

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The subject of this book is accurately defined by its subtitle. "Music in a New Found Land" does not pretend to be a comprehensive history of American music. Nor does Mellers strive to catalog what he considers to be authentic American music. Instead, he deals, in some detail, with comparatively few composers, most of whom have wellestablished reputations.

It has always been difficult to separate American music from its immediate relevance to the twentieth century. Mellers' theme involves the relationship between "art" music, jazz and pop music; he sees the segregation of these genres as both illogical and artifi cial. If the pop music of Tin Pan Alley may be anti-art, it has also produced Gershwin, Ellington, and composing improvisers such as Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis.

The study of American music is as relevant into any inquiry into a national culture as the study of American literature and painting. Th is book contains a large number of quotations from American writers, because Mellers thought American sensibility should parallel, reinforce, and comment on American music. In sum, this is the closest available one-volume history of American music, and a window into American culture.

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Imprint: AldineTransaction
Country of origin: United States
Release date: 2011
First published: August 2009
Authors: Wilfrid Mellers
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 590
ISBN-13: 978-1-4128-0996-2
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
LSN: 1-4128-0996-7
Barcode: 9781412809962

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