The American Musical Landscape: The Business of Musicianship from Billings to Gershwin, Updated with a New Preface Volume 8

by Richard Crawford

Book Overview

In this refreshingly direct and engaging historical treatment of American music and musicology, Richard Crawford argues for the recognition of the distinct and vital character of American music. What is that character? How has musical life been supported in the United States and how have Americans understood their music? Exploring the conditions within which music has been made since the time of the American Revolution, Crawford suggests some answers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520224825
• ISBN13: 9780520224827
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"