Lou Harrison : American musical maverick /

American composer Lou Harrison (1917'2003) is perhaps best known for challenging the traditional musical establishment along with his contemporaries and close colleagues: composers John Cage, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, and Leonard Bernstein; Living Theater founder, Judith Malina; and choreo...

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Main Authors: Alves, Bill (Author), Campbell, Brett, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • Oregon trails
  • The silver court (1917-1934)
  • The vast acreage
  • A wonderful whirligig (1935-1936)
  • The ultramodernist (1935-1936)
  • The grand manner (1936-1937)
  • Changing world (1937-1938)
  • Double music (1938-1939)
  • Drums along the Pacific (1939-1941)
  • Into the labyrinth (1941-1942)
  • Western dance (1942-1943)
  • A hell of a town
  • The lonesome isle (1943-1945)
  • New York waltzes (1945-1946)
  • Praises for the archangel
  • Day of ascension (1946-1947)
  • Tears of the angel (1947-1948)
  • The perilous chapel (1948-1949)
  • Pastorales (1949-1950)
  • The white goddess
  • A great playground (1951-1952)
  • Lake Eden (1952-1953)
  • Full circle
  • A paradise garden of delights (1953-1955)
  • Free style (1955-1957)
  • Wild rights (1957-1961)
  • Pacifica
  • The human music
  • Pacific rounds (1962-1963)
  • The family of the court (1963-1966)
  • Stars upon his face (1967-1969)
  • Young Caesar and old granddad (1969-1974)
  • Elegies (1973-1975)
  • The great melody
  • Golden rain (1975-1977)
  • Playing together (1977-1979)
  • Showers of beauty (1978-1982)
  • Paradisal music (1982-1984)
  • Stampede (1984-1987)
  • New moon (1986-1990)
  • Book music (1991-1995)
  • An eden of music and mountains (1995-1997)
  • Asian artistry (1997-2002)
  • White ashes
  • Appendix A: glossary of musical terms
  • Appendix B: list of Harrison's compositions.