Joel Sachs

Henry Cowell

A Man Made of Music

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Henry Cowell: A Man Made of Music is the first complete biography of one of the most innovative figures in twentieth-century American music. It explores in detail the complexities and impact of his life, work, and teachings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 636
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 150mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9780190227920
• ISBN-10: 0190227923
• Artikelnr.: 47863229

Autorenporträt

Joel Sachs is Professor of Music History, Chamber Music, and New Music Performance at The Juilliard School, where he conducts the New Juilliard Ensemble.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Prologue: Of the Three Ladies, Henry, and Some Others
Part I -- Child to Man
Chapter 1: Clarissa and Harry
Chapter 2: Henry
Chapter 3: Years of Voyage
Chapter 4: The Turning Point
Chapter 5: The Expanding Circle
Chapter 6: Bi-Coastal Life
Chapter 6: Genesis of a Theoretical System
Chapter 8: Henry Goes to War
Chapter 9: Marketing Henry
Part II -- International Ultramodernist Virtuoso
Chapter 10: The Trio
Chapter 11: Conquering Europe, First Attempt (1923)
Chapter 12: Attacking the American Market
Chapter 13: Europe Again (1926)
Chapter 14: Making It in America, Scene 2
Chapter 15: Europe, Third Installment (1929)
Chapter 16: New Musical Resources
Chapter 17: New Projects and Old (1929-1931)
Part III -- The Frenetic Years
Chapter 18: Looking beyond Europe from Berlin
Chapter 19: American Interlude
Chapter 20: Berlin Again
Chapter 21: The End of Virtuosity
Chapter 22: The New Technologies
Chapter 23: Collapsing Dreams
Chapter 24: American Composition or Americanist Music
Chapter 25: Surveying the Larger Musical World
Chapter 26: Music and Politics
Chapter 27: Henry and His Circle
Chapter 28: A Doomed Romance
Chapter 29: Compositions of 1929-1936
Chapter 30: Thirty-Nine
Part IV -- Four Endless Years
Chapter 31: Life Stops
Chapter 32: The Hearing
Chapter 33: Arriving and Adjusting: The First Summer
Chapter 34: The Second Day of Reckoning
Chapter 35: Living With It
Chapter 36: Living With It (continued)
Chapter 37: The Melody Book and Other Ideas
Chapter 38: Toward the Exit
Part V - Life Resumes
Chapter 39: The First Six Months
Chapter 40: First Turning Point
Chapter 41: Problem Solved
Chapter 42: End of an Era
Chapter 43: The War Effort
Chapter 44: Old Friendships Renewed
Chapter 45: Figs
Chapter 46: A Settled Life
Chapter 47: Simplicity
Chapter 48: Collaborations and an Ives Biography
Chapter 49: Europe Again
Part VI -- World Traveler
Chapter 50: The Big Trip
Chapter 51: Iran, I
Chapter 52: India
Chapter 53: Iran, II
Chapter 54: Change of Plans
Chapter 55: A New Radicalism, 1957-1961
Chapter 56: Asia Again
Chapter 57: Years of Honor, 1961-63
Chapter 58: The Cold War Again
Chapter 59: Home Again, 1963-1964
Chapter 60: Finale
Chapter 61: Who Was Henry Cowell?
Epilogue
Notes
Selective Bibliography
Index