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The American Stravinsky : The Style and Aesthetics of Copland's New American Music, the Early Works, 1921-1938 / by Murchison, Gayle Minetta

Table of Contents: “…Scherzo humoristique (Cat and mouse) : Copland's American Petrushka and his debt to Stravinsky -- Boulanger and compositional maturity -- Popular music and jazz : authentic or Ersatz? -- Paris and jazz : French neoclassicism and the new modern American music -- Back in the United States : popular music, jazz, and the new American music -- European influence beyond Stravinsky and les Six : Hába and Schoenberg -- Toward a new national music during the 1930s : Copland's populism, accessible style, and folk and popular music -- Copland's journey left -- "Folk" music and the popular front : El salón Mexico -- Billy the Kid -- A vision for American music -- .…”
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The selected correspondence of Aaron Copland by Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990

Table of Contents: “…Brooklyn and Paris, 1909-24 -- The world of modern music, 1924-31 -- The depression years, 1932-37 -- Musical triumphs, 1937-42 -- During and after the war, 1942-48 -- The post-war decade, 1948-58 -- 1958 and beyond.…”
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