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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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: “…Mozart [1756-1791] ; (with Francis Tursi, second viola) ; with the Fine Arts String Quartet (8:20) -- String Quartet No.4 "Amazing Grace" / Ben Johnston ; with the Fine Arts String Quartet (11:14) -- String Quartet Op.76 No.4 / Joseph Haydn [1732-1809] ; and the Fine Arts String Quartet (6:13) -- String Quartet No.7 Op.87 / Darius Milhaud [1894-1972] ; with the Stanford Quartet (5:56).…”

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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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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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.…”

Occasional pieces : writings and interviews, 1952-2013 / by Wolff, Christian, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 32: Letter to Suzanne Josek (1996)Chapter 33: Thinking of David Tudor (1997) ; Chapter 34: Most Material: Evan Parker and Eddie Prévost (1997); Chapter 35: Frederic Rzewski and His Piano Music (2001); Chapter: 36 Merce Cunningham and CW Music (2001); Chapter 37: Feldman's String Quartet No. 2 (2002) ; On the duration of the performance ; Chapter 38: Earle Brown-Chamber Music (2004); Chapter 39: Some Notes on Charles Ives and Politics (2004); Chapter 40: On Day-to-Day Composing Work (2004); Chapter 41: Remembering Grete Sultan (2005).…”
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Historical anthology of music by women / by Caccini, Francesca, 1587-approximately 1640, Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-1847, Smyth, Ethel, 1858-1944, Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896, Farrenc, Louise, 1804-1875, Chaminade, Cécile, 1857-1944, Musgrave, Thea, Archer, Violet

Table of Contents: “…Bernstein -- "Allegro," from Trio for violin, cello, and piano (1921) -- Germaine Tailleferre / by Leonie Rosentiel -- "Modere sans lenteur," from Sonata in C-sharp minor for violin and piano (1923) -- Ruth Crawford Seeger / by Judith Tick -- Prelude No. 2, for piano (1924) -- "Rat Riddles," from Three Songs for Contralto, Oboe, Percussion, and Orchestral Ostinati (1930) -- "Andante" and "Allegro possibile," from String Quartet (1931) -- Miriam Gideon / by Barbara A. …”
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Music in the USA : a documentary companion /

Table of Contents: “…Elliot Carter on the "different time worlds" in String quartets no. 1 and 2 -- 131. John Cage, words and Music for changes / (Cage, Anderson) -- 132. …”

Music in the USA : a documentary companion /

Table of Contents: “…Elliot Carter on the "different time worlds" in String quartets no. 1 and 2 -- 131. John Cage, words and Music for changes / (Cage, Anderson) -- 132. …”
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Rural rhythm : the story of old-time country music in 78 records / by Russell, Tony, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…I'm a Bum"/ "The Bum Song" / "Mac" (Harry McClintock) (Victor 21343) (1928) -- "Home Again Medley" / Red Mountain Trio (Columbia 15260- D) (1928) -- "A Red- Headed Widow Was the Cause of It All"/ "Don't Get One Woman on Your Mind" Willard Hodgin (Banjo Joe) (Victor 21485) (1928) -- "Stay in the Wagon Yard" / "Peg" Moreland (Victor V- 40008) (1928) -- "Eleven Cent Cotton Forty Cent Meat" -- Parts 1 and 2 / Bob Ferguson [Bob Miller] (Columbia 15297- D) (1928) -- "Lindy"/ "Louise" Proximity String Quartet (Columbia 15533- D) (1928) -- "When the Roses Bloom for the Bootlegger" / Earl Shirkey and Roy Harper [Roy Harvey] (Columbia 15326- D) (1928) -- "Just Over the River"/ "Beautiful" / Garland Brothers and Grinstead / (Columbia 15679- D) (1928) -- "The Lost Child" / Stripling Brothers (Vocalion 5321) (1928) -- "Who Broke the Lock on the Hen- House Door?"…”

Stravinsky in America by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971

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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