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New World Symphonies
How American Culture Changed European Music
by Jack Sullivan
ISBN: 0300072317
ISBN-13: 9780300072310
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Comparing English and American cultural influences, an English professor contends that American culture has inspired Europe's. His numerous examples include Poe's influence on Debussy, Longfellow's on Dovark, and Whitman's on Williams.
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Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Published date: 1999
Size: 7 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Pages: 262
Publisher's Notes
This groundbreaking book shows for the first time the profound and transformative influence of American literature, music, and mythology on European music. Although the impact of the European tradition on American composers is widely acknowledged, Jack Sullivan demonstrates that an even more powerful musical current has flowed from the New World to the Old. The spread of rock and roll around the world, the author contends, is only the latest chapter in a cross-cultural story that began in the nineteenth century with Gottschalk in Paris and Dvorak in New York. Sullivan brings popular and canonical culture into his wide-ranging discussion. He explores the effects on European music of American authors as diverse as Twain, DuBois, Melville, and Langston Hughes, examining in particular Dvorak's fascination with Longfellow, the obsession of Debussy and Ravel with Poe, and the inspiration Whitman provided for Hoist, Vaughan Williams, and dozens more. Sullivan uncovers the African American musical influence on Europe, beginning with spirituals and culminating in the impact of jazz on Stravinsky, Bartok, Walton, and others. He analyzes the lure of Hollywood and Broadway for such composers as Weill, Korngold, and Britten and considers the power of the American landscape -- from the remoteness of the prairie to the brutal energy of the American city. In European music, Sullivan finds, American culture and mythology continue to resonate.
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Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Yale University Press. Hardcover. 0300072317 'A fascinating account of a subject whose importance can no longer be ignored. Sullivan writes with extraordinary insight about the influences of Broadway and Hollywood on classical music and, most impressively of all, about the influence of jazz. This is a decisive book." . New. 1999. ( more information) Offered by A Squared Books (United States)
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Yale University Press, 1999. Hardcover first printing, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition, owner name on the front end-paper is the only significant flaw, illustrated with photos, "explores how serious European composers, from Dvorak and Delius to Britten and Tippett, have drawn inspiration from America's indigenous musical culture". ISBN: 0300072317. 1st ed.. Hardcover. NF/Fine. ( more information) Offered by Mainly Books (United States)
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New Haven, CT, U.S.A.: Yale University Press, 1999. Clean, tight text. Dust jacket shows slight edgewear. Dust jacket now covered with a clear, polyester film protector.. ISBN: 0300072317. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. MUSIC HISTORY CRITICISM EUROPEAN. ( more information) Offered by Twin Tomes Booksellers (United States)
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. Boards First Edition thus Near Fine in Fine DJ Hardcover copy with DJ; book discusses how American literature and music influenced European music Book is clean and intact with some small flaws; boards are a little rubbed; DJ is near perfect with only some very small edgwear along the bottom of cover ( more information) Offered by Wellington Square Bookshop (United States)
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Yale University Press, 1999,, 1999.. 1st. Hardcover. F/F. 1st ed., 8vo hardback, with black and white photos of important American musicians and performers. Fine in fine, unclipped dj. ( more information) Offered by Bud Plant & Hutchison Books (United States)
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-Yale University Press, 1999- Music. First edition. xix+262 pages with index. Illustrated. Cloth. Fine in like dustjacket New World Symphonies: How American Culture Changed European Music bfnov 0300072317 ( more information) Offered by Studio Bookshop (United Kingdom)
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NEW WORLD SYMPHONIES (HOW AMERICAN CULTURE CHANGED EUROPEAN MUSIC)
JACK SULLIVAN
New Haven, CT: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1999. Hard bound in dust cover both in very good condition. Front of dust cover illustrated in black and white. Cover and page edging are slightly soiled. Leaves are clean. Illustrated with black and white pictures. Has 262 pages.. Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Moody Books Inc (United States)
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London, United Kingdom: Yale University Press, 1999 Brand new book. RRP. £25.00. The dust jacket of the book is protected in a removable clear film sleeve. 262pp. A scanned image of the book is available on request.. First Edition. Original Cloth. NEW/NEW. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Books & Ink (United Kingdom)
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London, United Kingdom: Yale University Press, 1999 Brand new book. RRP. £25.00. The dust jacket of the book is protected in a removable clear film sleeve. 262pp. A scanned image of the book is available on request.. First Edition. Original Cloth. NEW/NEW. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Books & Ink (United Kingdom)
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Yale University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 262pp, illustrations. This book shows the influence of American literature, music, and mythology on European music. New copy . ( more information) Offered by East Riding Books (United Kingdom)
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