Judith Tick

Broschiertes Buch

Music in the USA

A Documentary Companion

Beschreibung

Music in the USA: A Documentary Companion is an anthology of primary sources, which charts a map of American music and musical life through the words of composers, performers, writers and "the people." The anthology contains about 160 selections from 1540 to 2000 ranging from William Billings to Qbert, from psalmody to rap.

Autor

Judith Tick is a high-profile music historian who writes about American music, particularly early modernism, and women's history. Among her publications are books and articles about Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, and in particular, the prize-winning biography of the American composer, Ruth Crawford Seeger: A Composer's Search for American Music (OUP 1997). She is an Associate Editor for the journal Musical Quarterly. A faculty member at Northeastern University since 1986, she was named a Matthews Distinguished University Professor in 1999 and elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 920
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 49mm
• Gewicht: 1692g
• ISBN-13: 9780195139884
• ISBN-10: 0195139887
• Artikelnr.: 26181081