Grainger the modernist / edited by Suzanne Robinson and Kay Dreyfus.
Grainger the modernist / edited by Suzanne Robinson and Kay Dreyfus.
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Publisher
Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2015]
Call Numbers
H 2016/2686
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 270 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
'The beauty of bravery' : alternative modernisms, de-historicizing Grainger / Sarah Collins and Simon Perry -- Grainger and the performativity of folk song / Graham Freeman -- A 'treat equal to Wagner' : Grainger's interactions with the music and culture of Polynesia / Graham Barwell -- 'A natural i...
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Publisher
Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2015]
Date Published
[2015]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Unaccountably, Percy Grainger has remained on the margins of both American music history and twentieth-century modernism. This volume reveals the well-known composer of popular gems to be a self-described "hyper-modernist" who composed works of uncompromising dissonance, challenged the conventions of folk song collection and adaptation, re-visioned...
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Full title
Grainger the modernist / edited by Suzanne Robinson and Kay Dreyfus.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mitchell Library copy : Jacket filed 2016.
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Call Numbers
H 2016/2686
Record Identifier
74VKzbqRqg2Z
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzbqRqg2Z
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ISBN
9781472420220
MMS ID
991023563069702626
