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The American Symphony

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

The American Symphony

By Neil Butterworth

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First published in 1998, this volume is the first book to focus on the American symphony. Neil Butterworth surveys the development of the symphony in the United States from early European influences in the last century to the present day, and asks why American composers have shown such allegiance to a musical form which their European contemporaries appear to have discarded.An overview of the growth of musical societies in America during the eighteenth century and the establishment of the first ...Show more

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9781138350342

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2019

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1

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The American Symphony

Format

Hardcover

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