Charles Ives's Concord : essays after a sonata / Kyle Gann.
Charles Ives's Concord : essays after a sonata / Kyle Gann.
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Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017]
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G 2018/0470
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English
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xiii, 438 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Ch. 1 The Story of the Concord Sonata, 1911 -- 1947 -- ch. 2 The Programmatic Argument and Henry Sturt -- ch. 3 The Human Faith Theme and the Whole-Tone Hypothesis -- ch. 4 "Emerson": The Essay -- ch. 5 $t "Emerson": The Music -- ch. 6 The "Emerson" Concerto and Its Offshoots -- ch. 7 Hawthorne and...
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Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017]
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Illinois
Date Published
[2017]
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In 1921, insurance executive Charles Ives sent out copies of a piano sonata to two hundred strangers. Laden with dissonant chords, complex rhythm, and a seemingly chaotic structure, the so-called Concord Sonata confounded the recipients, as did the accompanying book, Essays before a Sonata. Kyle Gann merges exhaustive research with his own experien...
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Charles Ives's Concord : essays after a sonata / Kyle Gann.
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Music in American life
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-430) and index.
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Online version: Gann, Kyle. Charles Ives's Concord. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017] 9780252099366 (DLC) 2016050438
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©2017
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G 2018/0470
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74VKVG0gaGOl
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9780252040856 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0252040856
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786.2183
MMS ID
991024155817202626
