Frontier Figures: American Music and the Mythology of the American West Volume 14

by Beth E. Levy

Book Overview

Frontier Figures is a tour-de-force exploration of how the American West, both as physical space and inspiration, animated American music. Examining the work of such composers as Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Virgil Thomson, Charles Wakefield Cadman, and Arthur Farwell, Beth E. Levy addresses questions of regionalism, race, and representation as well as changing relationships to the natural world to highlight the intersections between classical music...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520267788
• ISBN13: 9780520267787
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.9"