American Composers
American Composers

Author: Edward Strickland

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1991-08-22

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780253206435

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" . . . Strickland's own deep involvement with the works of these composers [is] revealed by the questions and comments he poses in an appreciative, Paterian way. His profound pleasure in these works also leads him to scrutinize and challenge them intimately." —Publishers Weekly "This is an indispensable book about American music . . . " —Fanfare " . . . exhilarating . . . Any of the interviews in American Composers will stimulate your curiosity and appetite." —Hungry Mind Review " . . . not only engaging, but also a useful representation of the major compositional styles of the 1980s and their corresponding practitioners." —Notes Philip Glass, Keith Jarrett, Meredith Monk, and eight other active American composers reveal a broad spectrum of musical personalities in these candid, in-depth conversations. Witty and articulate, their remarks convey the great vitality, diversity, and distinctiveness of today's American music.

Interviews with American Composers
Interviews with American Composers

Author: Barney Childs

Publisher:

Published: 2022-01-25

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9780252043994

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In 1972-73, Barney Childs embarked on an ambitious attempt to survey the landscape of new American concert music. He recorded freewheeling conversations with fellow composers, most of them under forty, all of them important but most not yet famous. Though unable to publish the interviews in his lifetime, Childs had gathered invaluable dialogues with the likes of Robert Ashley, Olly Wilson, Harold Budd, Christian Wolff, and others. Virginia Anderson edits the first published collection of these conversations. She pairs each interview with a contextual essay by a contemporary expert that shows how the composer's discussion with Childs fits into his life and work. Together, the interviewees cover a broad range of ideas and concerns around topics like education, notation, developments in electronic music, changing demands on performers, and tonal music. Innovative and revealing, Interviews with American Composers is an artistic and historical snapshot of American music at an important crossroads.

Contemporary American Composers
Contemporary American Composers

Author: Rupert Hughes

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-21

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13:

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In the preface to his work, Rupert Hughes explains his motivation and method for writing this historical account of American composers. Being a musician himself, he was interested to know who of merit was a native composer. He found it difficult to obtain such information, so he resolved to research contemporary composers, listen to and read their scores and make his own judgements. This wide-ranging book is the result.

A New Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers
A New Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers

Author: Margaret R. Simmons

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780809325238

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Including thirty-nine pieces for voice and piano created since 1968 by eighteen artists, ANew Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers navigates a varied musical terrain from classical European tradi­tions to jazz and spirituals. With nearly half of the featured songs composed by women and with others by lesser-known and emerging composers, this im­portant collection offers a diverse, representative sampling of African American art songs and works to secure the places of these songs and artists in the canon of contemporary American music.

Reminiscences of an American Composer and Pianist
Reminiscences of an American Composer and Pianist

Author: George Walker

Publisher:

Published: 2009-07-09

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13:

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The first black American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for music (for his composition Lilacs), George Walker recounts the most significant events in his life and distinguished career as a composer and a musician.

Art Songs and Spirituals by Contemporary African American Composers
Art Songs and Spirituals by Contemporary African American Composers

Author: Donna M. Cox

Publisher:

Published: 2011-12-01

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9780979695544

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This collection of art songs and spirituals by contemporary African American composers offers teachers and singers a rich trove of fresh new repertoire. It includes a composer biography as well as information from the composer about their works. Each piece in the anthology is rated for difficulty. There is something for singers at every level.