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Popular American Composers from Revolutionary Times to the Present: A Biographical and Critical Guide

Book by David H. Ewen; H. W. Wilson, 1962

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Composers--United States

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...first-hand sources--the composers themselves. Of the fifty-four living composers found in this volume, forty...dispatched to each living composer a first draft of his biography. Forty-five composers were kind enough to return...were provided by ASCAP the American Society of Composers, Authors...
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Ruth Crawford Seeger: A Composer's Search for American Music

Book by Judith Tick; Oxford University Press, 2000

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Composers--United States--Biography, Seeger, Ruth Crawford--1901-1953, Women Composers--United States--Biography

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...were going to be a "New American Music," as Lomax called...classically trained American composers had to immerse themselves...Grass Roots for American Composers" with a similar message...course of instruction: the American composer should return to rural America...
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Reflections of an American Composer

Book by Arthur Berger; University of California Press, 2002

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Berger, Arthur--1912-, Music--United States--History And Criticism

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One composer for whom this apologia...best-known American composers, the other, of course...well as historians of American music for a delinquency...4 Its true that Americans have short memories...a few, very few, composers active around 1900...though what native composers get the attention...the thirties) the composer Arthur Foote, for...
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Musical Nationalism: American Composers' Search for Identity

Book by Alan Howard Levy; Greenwood Press, 1983

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Music--United States--20th Century--History And Criticism, Nationalism In Music

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American cultures. Unable to assert...vernacular tradition. Americans found a home here, a...indentity, the variety of American culture could emerge...Harris, "Problems of American Composers," in Henry Cowell...
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A Census of Autograph Music Manuscripts of European Composers in American Libraries

Book by Otto Edwin Albrecht; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1953

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Music--Manuscripts--Catalogs, Music--Manuscripts--United States

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A CENSUS OF AUTOGRAPH MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS OF EUROPEAN COMPOSERS IN AMERICAN LIBRARIES

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Journal Articles on: american composers

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Signs, Symphonies, Signifyin(g): African-American Cultural Topics as Analytical Approach to the Music of Black Composers

Journal article by Horace J. Maxile Jr.; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 28, 2008

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African American composers--Criticism and interpretation, African American composers--Practice, African American composers--Works, Black music--Authorship, Black music--Criticism and interpretation, Music, Black--Authorship, Music, Black--Criticism and interpretation

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...enabling the composer to enter into...culture of African Americans. These topics...expression in African-American music, but rather...produce a set of "American" topics and would...music by African American composers. Composer Recordings CD...dictionary of black composers, edited by Samuel...
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American Composer Zenobia Powell Perry: Race and Gender in the 20th Century

Journal article by Eileen Strempel; ARSC Journal, Vol. 41, 2010

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American Composer Zenobia Powell Perry: Race and Gender in the 20th Century (Biography)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

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...Milhaud held the position of composer-in-residence there...State College in Ohio as a composer-in-residence. With...referred to as a black American composer, however her Indian heritage...the Advancement of Native American Composers and Musicians--was her...history of enslaved African-Americans having been owned by Indian...
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Jubilee: an Overview of the Song Literature of African American Women Composers

Journal article by Sonya G. Baker, Eileen Strempel; Journal of Singing, Vol. 67, 2011

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...same time African Americans were defining their place in American society, a broader...Compromise address and composer Antonin Dvorak...pianist, teacher, composer/arranger, and...Songs by African American Composers, a collection...American women composers deserves to be...experience of African American women as composers...that only African Americans might appropriately...
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Art Songs in English: 50 Songs by 21 American and British Composers

Journal article by Judith Carman; Journal of Singing, Vol. 65, 2008

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...ENGLISH: 50 Songs by 21 American and British Composers...fifty songs by twenty-one American and British composers is...volumes of art songs by American composers have been added...Williams, and Peter Warlock. Americans included are Dominick Argento...fortunate indeed. Some of the composers have been published previously...available only in single composer collections or sheet music...
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(In) Habitation: Musical Settings of Margaret Atwood Poetry by American Women Composers

Journal article by Gregory Berg; Journal of Singing, Vol. 67, 2011

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...Margaret Atwood Poetry by American Women Composers by Gregory...Atwood and four of the six composers in attendance. Needless...are inspiring to would-be composers. Her poems tend not to flow...is a tribute to these six composers that they undertook the challenge...that, we hear from each composer about her participation and...

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Magazine Articles on: american composers

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Anthology of American Piano Music: Intermediate to Early Advanced Works by 31 Composers

Magazine article by Jim Litzelman; American Music Teacher, Vol. 60, October 2010

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Anthology of American Piano Music: Intermediate to Early Advanced Works by 31 Composers (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

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Anthology of American Piano Music: Intermediate to Early Advanced Works by 31 Composers. by Jim Litzelman Anthology of American Piano Music: Intermediate to Early...Masterwork Editions is an anthology of American piano music for the intermediate...
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Arts Organization Honours Prolific African-american Composer

Magazine article; Anglican Journal, Vol. 131, May 2005

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African Americans, Brooklyn New York United States, Composers, Hurd, David, Rejoicensemble

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...Honours Prolific African-american Composer New York (ENS)-Internationally renowned composer and organist David Hurd...published AfricanAmerican composers in the country," said...unknown to both the African American and general public...
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Michael Friedman: Musical Ventriloquist; the Highbrow and the Lowbrow Mix It Up in the Composer-Lyricist's Tuneful Oeuvre

Magazine article by Wendy Weisman; American Theatre, Vol. 25, May-June 2008

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Composers--Evaluation, Friedman, Michael (American composer)--Evaluation

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...music," prolific composer-lyricist Michael...for Romantic-era composers like Brahms. "I approach...Humana Festival of New American Plays. This was closely...musical. Theatrical composer Elizabeth Swados...not lost on Idiots composer Peter Golub, now director of the Sundance Composers Lab, who encouraged...
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MTNA Distinguished Composer 2008: William Price

Magazine article by Ann Rivers Witherspoon; American Music Teacher, Vol. 58, June 2009

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Composers--Achievements and awards, Composers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Music Teachers National Association--Services, Price, William (American composer)--Achievements and awards, Price, William (American composer)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED He believes that a composer, or any artist, is only a sum of his or her experiences. He encourages every composer to listen to and study as many different...to experiment and refine his ideas. Composers whom he finds most interesting are those...desire is simple: he just wants what any composer wants--a receptive audience with...
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From Spirituals to Symphonies: African-American Women Composers and Their Music

Magazine article by William Chapman; American Music Teacher, Vol. 52, December 2002

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From Spirituals to Symphonies: African-American Women Composers and Their Music. (Book)

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...survey of African-American women composers from the perspective...history of African-American music." Walker-Hill concentrates on eight composers: Undine Smith Moore...Harris Baiocchi. Each composer has a separate chapter...and interviewed these composers on issues of race...

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Newspaper Articles on: american composers

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Your News Duo to Play Works of American Composers

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 11, 2011

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Composers, Concerts

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...Your News Duo to Play Works of American Composers. Byline: Submitted by Indian...music written by contemporary American composers such as Scott Joplin...Entertainment, the Whos Who in American Music. She owns Tri-L-Co...
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Celebration of American Composers; Preview BBC National Orchestra of Wales Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Coffee Break

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), May 15, 2008

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Composers, Concerts

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Celebration of American Composers; Preview BBC National Orchestra of Wales Brangwyn Hall, Swansea Coffee Break. MUSIC from three American composers will be performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales as...
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Elgin High's Choral Concert Pays Tribute to American Composers and Veterans

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 7, 2011

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Composers, Concerts, Veterans

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...Choral Concert Pays Tribute to American Composers and Veterans. Here is whats in...Drive. Featured will be works by American composers as well as tributes...the school. "Navigating the American Education System" offers teaching...
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CULTURE: Star of the Silver Screen; American Composer and Conductor Carl Davis Is Celebrating His 70th Birthday with a Festival of Silent Comedy Classics This Weekend. Terry Grimley Met Him at Rehearsals

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 12, 2006

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Composers, Festivals

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CULTURE: Star of the Silver Screen; American Composer and Conductor Carl Davis Is Celebrating His 70th Birthday...classic silent film. I drew on classics, as silent cinema composers did, using contemporary music by Haydn and Beethoven...
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Salome, an American to Tour with Barber's Beauty of a Silent Film, New Percussion Sound; Composer Charlie Barber's Latest Project Involves Bringing Sound to Silent Film. He Tells Matt Thomas All about It

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 10, 2009

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Composers, Nazimova, Alla

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Salome, an American to Tour with Barbers Beauty of...Film, New Percussion Sound; Composer Charlie Barbers Latest Project...First of all, Salome is an American film. Its the first American film we have worked with and that...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: american composers

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Adams, John , American Composer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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ADAMS, JOHN , American composer (John Coolidge Adams), 1947 , American composer, b. Worcester, Mass. A clarinetist, he studied composition at Harvard (B.A. 1969, M.A. 1971). Often regarded as the most outstanding, technically...
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Hastings, Thomas , American Composer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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HASTINGS, THOMAS , American composer 1784 1872, American composer, b. Washington, Conn. Of his hymns, Rock of Ages is most famous. He compiled several books of hymns, including Musica Sacra (1815) and Spiritual Songs (with Lowell Mason...
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American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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AMERICAN ACADEMY AND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS honorary academy of notable American artists, writers, and composers. The National Institute of Arts...served as the parent body for the American Academy of Arts and Letters, founded...
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Cowell, Henry Dixon

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...DIXON kou l, 1897 1965, American composer and pianist, b. Menlo Park...publishing music by contemporary American and European composers. In 1931, with the help...chamber music, and edited American Composers on American Music...
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Gruenberg, Louis

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...groo nburg, 1884 1964, American composer, b. Russia; pupil of...in the United States as a composer in 1919. A champion of...found (1923) the League of Composers and was one of the first American composers to incorporate...

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