TY - BOOK AU - Scherer,Barrymore Laurence TI - A history of American classical music SN - 9781843791171 AV - ML200 S34 2007 U1 - 781.6/80973 22 PY - 2007///] CY - Great Britain : PB - Naxos Books KW - Music KW - United States KW - History and criticism KW - Nonfiction N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-229) and index; Introduction: The dawn of American classical music -- From founding through revolution -- The awakening -- Transplanting romantic European traditions -- Into the twentieth century: the traditionalists -- American impressionists and folklorists -- New England iconoclast: Charles Ives -- From bandstand to Broadway: the 1890s to 1930s -- The earlier struggles of American opera -- Modernism elbows its way into the concert hall -- Europeans abroad -- Between the World Wars: Americans struggle to be heard -- Lighter hearts of the 1920s and 1930s -- Perpetuating the romantic tradition -- America goes to war: the 1940s -- Exploring the frontiers of sound -- The melting-pot of American opera and musical theatre -- Anxiety's son: Leonard Bernstein -- The age of anxiety: music in the Cold War era -- Making the most of minimalism -- Today and into tomorrow: old glory and new; 700-799 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0718/2007020380.html ER -