Johanna Beyer

by Amy C. Beal

Book Overview

Composer Johanna Beyer's fascinating body of music and enigmatic life story constitute an important chapter in American music history. As a hard-working German migr piano teacher and accompanist living in and around New York City during the New Deal era, she composed plentiful music for piano, percussion ensemble, chamber groups, choir, band, and orchestra. A one-time student of Ruth Crawford, Charles Seeger, and Henry Cowell, Beyer was an ultramodernist,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252080726
• ISBN13: 9780252080722
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.4"