American string quartets 1950-1970.

Table of Contents: “…String quartet / Stefan Wolpe (17:30) -- String quartet / Earle Brown (11:51) -- String quartet in four parts / John Cage (21:44) -- Quartet no. 3 for string quartet and electronic tape / Leon Kirchner (18:01) -- Summer / Christian Wolff (4:39) -- Black angels (Images I) for electric string quartet (Thirteen images from the dark land) / George Crumb (22:45) -- String quartet no. 5 (in quarter tones) / Lejaren Hiller (26:52) -- String quartet no. 2 / Jacob Druckman (18:40) -- Structures for string quartet / Morton Feldman (5:56).…”
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Speak the music : Robert Mann and the mysteries of chamber music /

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The impoverishment of the American college student / by Koch, James V., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Baumol, Bowen, and the overworked string quartet simile --…”
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Fresh oldtime string band music /

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Ruth Crawford Seeger : a composer's search for American music / by Tick, Judith

Table of Contents: “…. -- Analysis by Ruth Crawford Seeger of the Third and Fourth Movements of the String Quartet.…”
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The viola in my life : an alto rhapsody / by Zaslav, Bernard

Table of Contents: “…Disc 2 : Bernard Zaslav with various String Quartets : String Quartet in E minor, Op.121 / Gabriel Fauré [1845-1924] ; with Stanford String Quartet (6:16) -- String Quartet No.3 in F major, Op.73 (written in 1946) / Dmitri Shostakovich ; [1906-1975] with The Fine Arts String Quartet (5:15) -- Quintet in C, K.515 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [1756-1791] ; (with Francis Tursi, second viola) ; and with The Fine Arts String Quartet (9:48) -- String Quartet / Ruth Crawford Seeger [1901-1953] ; with The Fine Arts String Quartet (9:48) -- Terzetto in C Major, Op.74 / Antonín Dvořák [1841-1904] ; with members of the Vermeer Quartet (9:60) -- Quintet in G minor, K.516 / W. …”

Johanna Beyer / by Beal, Amy C.

Table of Contents: “…Sunnyside, 1927-1933 -- Compositional beginnings, 1933-1936 -- Having faith, 1936-1940 -- New York waltzes : works for piano -- Horizons : percussion ensemble music -- The people, yes : songs and choral works -- Sonatas, suites, and string quartets : chamber music -- Symphonic striving : works for band and orchestra -- Status quo -- Beyer's final years, 1940-1944.…”
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Stravinsky in America by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

Samuel Barber : his life and legacy / by Pollack, Howard

Table of Contents: “…Samuel Barber and His Family -- A Musical Education -- Personal Matters: Early Years -- Other Formative Experiences -- Early Works through 1932 -- More Adventures at Home and Abroad, 1933-1939 -- Music for a Scene from Shelley and One Day of Spring -- Songs and Choruses, 1934-1940 -- The First Symphony and the String Quartet -- The Adagio for Strings and the First Essay -- The Violin Concerto and the Second Essay -- Wartime Service -- The Second Symphony and Excursions -- The Capricorn Concerto, Horizon, and the Cello Concerto -- Barber and His Contemporaries -- Medea -- Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and "Nuvoletta" -- The Piano Sonata and Mélodies passagères -- Personal Matters: Later Years -- A Composer's Life -- Souvenirs and the Hermit Songs -- Prayers of Kierkegaard, Adventure, and Summer Music -- Vanessa -- From the Nocturne to Die Natali -- The Piano Concerto and Andromache's Farewell -- The Creation of Antony and Cleopatra -- Antony and Cleopatra in Performance -- From the Chorale for Ascension Day to The Lovers -- From Fadograph of a Yestern Scene to the Canzonetta.…”
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Ruth Crawford Seeger : a composer's search for American music / by Tick, Judith

Table of Contents: “…Analysis by Ruth Crawford Seeger of the Third and Fourth Movements of the String Quartet 1931; Appendix B. Chronological Checklist of Works; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Discography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z…”
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Songs of Samuel Barber and Ned Rorem by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981, Rorem, Ned, 1923-

Millennium overture : vocal and instrumental music by American composers.

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Carnaval : Carnival : music from Brazil and the U.S.

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The Parsons Dance Company/ by Fripp, Robert, 1946-, Linton, David (Composer), Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791, Nascimento, Mílton, 1942-, Raye, Michael, Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

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An introduction to America's music / by Crawford, Richard, 1935-

Catalogue raisonné as memoir : a composer's life / by Argento, Dominick

Table of Contents: “…Songs about Spring -- Sicilian limes -- Divertimento for piano and strings -- The resurrection of Don Juan -- Ode to the west wind -- String quartet -- The boor -- Six Elizabethan songs -- Colonel Jonathan the saint -- Christopher Sly -- The masque of angels -- Royal invitation, or homage to the Queen of Tonga -- Variations for orchestra (the mask of night) -- The revelation of Saint John the divine -- The shoemakers' holiday -- Letters from composers -- A nation of cowslips -- Bravo Mozart! …”
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A Celebration of American music : words and music in honor of H. Wiley Hitchcock /

Table of Contents: “…Shirley -- Dissonant counterpoint revisited : the first movement of Ruth Crawford's String quartet 1931 / Judith Tick -- I can remember / Bruce Saylor.…”

American festival.

Historical TV broadcasts : Omnibus with Leonard Bernstein. by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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