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Book Charles T  Griffes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Edward Maisel
  • Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
  • Release : 1984
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 452 pages

Download or read book Charles T Griffes written by Edward Maisel and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1984 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After his tragic death in 1920, at the age of thirty-five, Charles T. Griffes became the object of an almost fanatical devotion among many American music-lovers, and his reputation and stature have grown steadily ever since. His songs, piano compositions, string music, and symphonic works are now in the repertoire of leading musicians and symphonic organizations. Against a rich background of contemporary figures and of musical life in the early years of this century, Mr. Maisel here traces the story of Griffes' rise from obscure origins. Much light is thrown on the conditons and problems of American music in general; and there is a careful analysis of many of the central ideas of Griffes' music, especially his best-known pieces, The White Peacock and The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan. The result is an interesting chapter in the history of American culture, and a fascinating study of the creative temperament in our time.

Book CHARLES T GRIFFES

Download or read book CHARLES T GRIFFES written by Donna K. Anderson and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1993-03-17 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Works of Charles T  Griffes

Download or read book The Works of Charles T Griffes written by Donna K. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Music of Charles T  Griffes

Download or read book The Music of Charles T Griffes written by Daniel Boda and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Charles T  Griffes

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  • Author : Donna K. Anderson
  • Publisher : Detroit : Published for College Music Society by Information Coordinators
  • Release : 1977
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book Charles T Griffes written by Donna K. Anderson and published by Detroit : Published for College Music Society by Information Coordinators. This book was released on 1977 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Pastoral in Charles Griffes s Music

Download or read book The Pastoral in Charles Griffes s Music written by Taylor A. Greer and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the century, visionary composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes synthesized highly diverse elements from other musical traditions into his distinct artistic voice. As American as he was far ranging in his interests, Griffes was an aesthetic polyglot, combining elements of literature, visual arts, global folk melodies, and contemporary European art music into a new musical language. The breadth of his sources of inspiration are breathtaking, including the sensual harmonies of fin-de-siècle French music, the British Aesthetic Movement, folk music drawn from the Middle East and Java, and a wide range of poets, including William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Sharp. The Pastoral in Charles Griffes's Music explores both his music and the rich historical context from which it grew to enrich our understanding of the composer's artistic contribution and reveal new intersections and contradictions in European and American culture during the early twentieth century. Taylor A. Greer also critiques the philosophical foundation of topic theory and its relationship to the pastoral in Griffes's music to reflect on the end of the nineteenth century and clarify our understanding of his artistic influences. With Griffes's conception of the pastoral, he transformed the siciliana-based tradition he inherited from the eighteenth century into a new and vibrant genre that preserved the usual associations of simplicity and tranquility and introduced new elements of tension into the pastoral ideal, including global voices, paradox, and occasional conflict.

Book Charles T  Griffes

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  • Author : Edward M. Maisel
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1972
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 359 pages

Download or read book Charles T Griffes written by Edward M. Maisel and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Works of Charles T  Griffes

Download or read book The Works of Charles T Griffes written by Donna K. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Charles T  Griffes  The Life of an American Composer   With Plates  Including Portraits

Download or read book Charles T Griffes The Life of an American Composer With Plates Including Portraits written by Edward M. MAISEL and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Texts of the Complete Published Songs of Charles T  Griffes  1884 1920

Download or read book Texts of the Complete Published Songs of Charles T Griffes 1884 1920 written by Charles Tomlinson Griffes and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Pastoral in Charles Griffes s Music

Download or read book The Pastoral in Charles Griffes s Music written by Taylor A. Greer and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the century, visionary composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes synthesized highly diverse elements from other musical traditions into his distinct artistic voice. As American as he was far ranging in his interests, Griffes was an aesthetic polyglot, combining elements of literature, visual arts, global folk melodies, and contemporary European art music into a new musical language. The breadth of his sources of inspiration are breathtaking, including the sensual harmonies of fin-de-siècle French music, the British Aesthetic Movement, folk music drawn from the Middle East and Java, and a wide range of poets, including William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Sharp. The Pastoral in Charles Griffes's Music explores both his music and the rich historical context from which it grew to enrich our understanding of the composer's artistic contribution and reveal new intersections and contradictions in European and American culture during the early twentieth century. Taylor A. Greer also critiques the philosophical foundation of topic theory and its relationship to the pastoral in Griffes's music to reflect on the end of the nineteenth century and clarify our understanding of his artistic influences. With Griffes's conception of the pastoral, he transformed the siciliana-based tradition he inherited from the eighteenth century into a new and vibrant genre that preserved the usual associations of simplicity and tranquility and introduced new elements of tension into the pastoral ideal, including global voices, paradox, and occasional conflict.

Book The Hobbit  Or  There and Back Again

Download or read book The Hobbit Or There and Back Again written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tolkien's "The Hobbit," which first appeared on the literary scene in 1937, sets the stage for the epic trilogy that Tolkien was to write in the coming years. Unabridged. 4 CDs.

Book Song

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  • Author : Carol Kimball
  • Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9781423412809
  • Pages : 604 pages

Download or read book Song written by Carol Kimball and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naslagwerk van de liedkunst en de literatuur hierover.

Book Mighty Jack

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  • Author : Ben Hatke
  • Publisher : First Second
  • Release : 2016-09-06
  • ISBN : 1626729166
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book Mighty Jack written by Ben Hatke and published by First Second. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. But he's got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring, too, because Maddy doesn't talk. Ever. But then, one day at the flea market, Maddy does talk—to tell Jack to trade their mom's car for a box of mysterious seeds. It's the best mistake Jack has ever made. In Mighty Jack, what starts as a normal little garden out back behind the house quickly grows up into a wild, magical jungle with tiny onion babies running amok, huge, pink pumpkins that bite, and, on one moonlit night that changes everything...a dragon.

Book Literature for Teaching and Solo Vocal Repertoire for Singers and Teachers of Singing

Download or read book Literature for Teaching and Solo Vocal Repertoire for Singers and Teachers of Singing written by Christopher Arneson and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multi-volume set that includes "Literature for Teaching" and all five volumes of "Solo Vocal Repertoire" (soprano, mezzo, tenor, baritone, bass).

Book Kubla Khan

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  • Author : Samuel Coleridge
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2015-12-15
  • ISBN : 1443442216
  • Pages : 12 pages

Download or read book Kubla Khan written by Samuel Coleridge and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though left uncompleted, “Kubla Khan” is one of the most famous examples of Romantic era poetry. In it, Samuel Coleridge provides a stunning and detailed example of the power of the poet’s imagination through his whimsical description of Xanadu, the capital city of Kublai Khan’s empire. Samuel Coleridge penned “Kubla Khan” after waking up from an opium-induced dream in which he experienced and imagined the realities of the great Mongol ruler’s capital city. Coleridge began writing what he remembered of his dream immediately upon waking from it, and intended to write two to three hundred lines. However, Coleridge was interrupted soon after and, his memory of the dream dimming, was ultimately unable to complete the poem. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Book Extreme Exoticism

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Anthony Sheppard
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 2019
  • ISBN : 0190072709
  • Pages : 641 pages

Download or read book Extreme Exoticism written by William Anthony Sheppard and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To what extent can music be employed to shape one culture's understanding of another? In the American imagination, Japan has represented the "most alien" nation for over 150 years. This perceived difference has inspired fantasies--of both desire and repulsion--through which Japanese culture has profoundly impacted the arts and industry of the U.S. While the influence of Japan on American and European painting, architecture, design, theater, and literature has been celebrated in numerous books and exhibitions, the role of music has been virtually ignored until now. W. Anthony Sheppard's Extreme Exoticism offers a detailed documentation and wide-ranging investigation of music's role in shaping American perceptions of the Japanese, the influence of Japanese music on American composers, and the place of Japanese Americans in American musical life. Presenting numerous American encounters with and representations of Japanese music and Japan, this book reveals how music functions in exotic representation across a variety of genres and media, and how Japanese music has at various times served as a sign of modernist experimentation, a sounding board for defining American music, and a tool for reshaping conceptions of race and gender. From the Tin Pan Alley songs of the Russo-Japanese war period to Weezer's Pinkerton album, music has continued to inscribe Japan as the land of extreme exoticism.