The American Musical Landscape: The Business of Musicianship from Billings to Gershwin, Updated With a New Preface
- Author: Crawford, Richard
This book consummates over 30 years of research in the history and criticism of American music, during which time the author has become a senior scholar in the field. Crawford has looked at much... — More…
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Contents
- PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION
- PREFACE TO ORIGINAL EDITION
- PART I. Histories
- 1. Cosmopolitan and Provincial: American Musical Historiography
- PART II. Economics
- 2. Professions and Patronage I: Teaching and Composing
- 3. Professions and Patronage II: Performing
- PART III. Three Composers and a Song
- 4. William Billings (1746-1800) and American Psalmody: A Study of Musical Dissemination
- 5. George Frederick Root (1820-1895) and American Vocal Music
- 6. Duke Ellington (1899-1974) and His Orchestra
- 7. George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" (1930)
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX