Composers voices from Ives to Ellington : an oral history of American music / by Perlis, Vivian, Van Cleve, Libby

Table of Contents: “…Leo Ornstein ; Edgard Varèse ; Carl Ruggles ; Dane Rudhyar ; Charles Seeger ; Henry Cowell -- On the jazz age and George Gershwin -- With a French accent : Nadia Boulanger -- From the Boulangerie. …”
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12 x 11 : piano music in twentieth century America /

Table of Contents: “…Playing for time / Milton Babbitt -- Mobile / Leslie Bassett -- Variations for Agnes / Fred Coulter -- Dream images / George Crumb -- Prelude and fugue II (C minor) / David Diamond -- Souvenir / Richard Faith -- Medley / Ross Lee Finney -- Homage to Milhaud ; Reel : homage to Henry Cowell / Lou Harrison -- Three love songs / Nelson Keyes -- Notturno : Bellagio adagio / Halsey Stevens -- Four piano pieces / Bruce Wise.…”

Music of the Ukraine.

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Tiroro; a real glossary of rhythms.

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Sound forms for piano [experimental music]

Table of Contents: “…The banshee (2:20) ; Aeolian harp (1:27) ; Piano piece (Paris 1924) (3:59) / Henry Cowell -- Sonata I (2:56) ; Sonata V (1:23) ; Second interlude (4:24) ; Sonata X (3:45) ; Sonata XII (3:44) / John Cage -- Sonata for microtonal piano / Ben Johnston (11:01) -- Studies for player piano. #1 (2:00) ; #27 (5:32) ; #36 (4:02) / Conlon Nancarrow.…”

American festival.

Table of Contents: “…Overture to Candide / Leonard Bernstein (4:27) -- Newsreel / William Schuman (7:06) -- The unanswered question / Charles Ives (5:39) -- If--then / Roger Ruggeri (3:30) -- Fanfare for the common man (3:52) ; Variations on a Shaker melody : from the ballet Appalachian spring (3:30) / Aaron Copland -- Adagio for strings / Samuel Barber (9:44) -- Saturday night at the firehouse / Henry Cowell (5:03) -- The circus band march / Charles Ives (2:05).…”

Charles Ives in the mirror : American histories of an iconic composer / by Paul, David C., 1973-

Table of Contents: “…: Ives and his first publics, 1921-1934 -- Songs of our fathers : the advocacy of Henry Cowell and the appeal of the American past, 1927-1947 -- Winning hearts and minds : Ives as Cold War icon, 1947-1965 -- The prison of culture : Ives, American studies, and intellectual history, 1965-1985 -- Musicology makes its mark : Ives and the history of style, 1965-1985 -- Ives at century's turn -- Postscript : "So what do you think about Ives?"…”
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Variations on America / by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981, Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990, Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965, Ives, Charles, 1874-1954, Paulus, Stephen, Still, William Grant, 1895-1978

Table of Contents: “…Preamble (for a solemn occasion) / Aaron Copland (5:38) -- Variations on "America" : S 140 (8:57) ; Adeste fidelis : S 131 (4:15) ; Fugue, S 136 (5:09) ; Fugue, S 135 (3:36) / Charles Ives -- Hymn and fuguing tune : no. 14 / Henry Cowell (7:22) -- Reverie / William Grant Still (4:44) -- Prelude and fugue (8:23) ; Wondrous love : op. 34 (8:30) / Samuel Barber -- Triptych / Stephen Paulus (14:40).…”
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Irish jigs, reels & hornpipes.

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Songs and pipes of the Hebrides.

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The works for saxophone. by Cage, John

Table of Contents: “…Four6 (1992) (30:00) -- Cartridge music (1960) : 11 instruments (2005) (15:00) -- Fontana mix (1958) : sextet for low woodwinds (2005) (10:00) -- Fontana mix (2004) (10:00) -- Party pieces (1949-50) / composed with Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison and Virgil Thomson (10:10). …”
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Masters of our day; 18 solos in the contemporary idiom for the young pianist. by Saminsky, Lazare, 1882-1959

Table of Contents: “…Sunday afternoon music ; The young pioneers / Aaron Copland -- The harper-minstrel sings ; The irishman dances / Henry Cowell -- Jeneral [sic] Jerry's jolly jugglers / Isadore Freed -- The bell ; Dance of the warriors (after an ancient northern tune) ; Enchantment / Howard Hanson -- Touches blanches (white keys) ; Touches noires (black keys) / Darius Milhaud -- Careful Etta (from Tintypes) ; Fiddlin' Joe (from Tintypes) ; Grievin' Annie / Douglas Moore -- March / Roger Sessions -- The smugglers / Deems Taylor -- Little prelude ; Song after sundown / Randall Thompson -- A day-dream (portrait of Herbert Whiting) / Virgil Thomson.…”

American composers of today : 23 piano pieces imparting appreciation of contemporary music.

Table of Contents: “…Duet / Milton Babbitt -- Intermezzo / Arthur Berger -- March of the puppets / Sol Berkowitz -- Game / Norman Cazden -- Toccatina / Henry Cowell -- Prelude / Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco -- Night song / Norman Dello Joio -- The small sad sparrow / Vivian Fine -- Walk / Miriam Gideon -- Little suite : for piano / Lou Harrison -- Lullaby / Alan Hovhaness -- Starscape / Robert Helps --Noel far from home / Jan Meyerowitz -- A child's daydream / Charles Mills -- A mood / Hall Overton -- Parade / Joseph Prostakoff -- Echo / Karol Rathaus --Waltz for Brenda ; Little piece / Roger Sessions -- Pastoral / Nicolas Slonimsky -- Above, below and between / Robert Starer -- Prelude / William Sydeman -- Lyric piece / Ben Weber.…”

Folk music of Hungary.

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Chinese classic music /

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Mexican corridos.

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Ralph Kirkpatrick : letters of the American harpsichordist and scholar / by Kirkpatrick, Ralph

Table of Contents: “…Foreword: "The Glowing of Such Fire"-A Tribute to Ralph Kirkpatrick / [by Eliot Fisk] -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Family. 1 Selected Letters to Family -- Part Two: Friends, Colleagues, and Other Correspondence; 2 Nadia Boulanger; 3 Alexander Mackay-Smith; 4 Wanda Landowska; 5 John Challis; 6 Serge Koussevitzky; 7 Oliver Strunk; 8 Roger Sessions; 9 Harold Spivacke; 10 Steinway & Sons; 11 New York Times; 12 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge; 13 John Kirkpatrick; 14 Alexander Schneider; 15 Otto Luening; 16 Donald Boalch; 17 John Hamilton; 18 Thornton Wilder; 19 Lincoln Kirstein; 20 Arthur Mendel; 21 Edward Steuremann; 22 Frank Martin; 23 Olin Downes; 24 Albert Fuller; 25 Elliott Carter; 26 Quincy Porter; 27 Vincent Persichetti; 28 Henry Cowell; 29 Mel Powell; 30 Bengt Hambraeus; 31 Alec Hodson; 32 Paul Fromm; 33 Wolfgang Zuckermann; 34 Kenneth Gilbert; 35 Mr. and Mrs. …”
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Ralph Kirkpatrick : letters of the American harpsichordist and scholar / by Kirkpatrick, Ralph

Table of Contents: “…Foreword: "The Glowing of Such Fire"-A Tribute to Ralph Kirkpatrick / [by Eliot Fisk] -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Family. 1 Selected Letters to Family -- Part Two: Friends, Colleagues, and Other Correspondence; 2 Nadia Boulanger; 3 Alexander Mackay-Smith; 4 Wanda Landowska; 5 John Challis; 6 Serge Koussevitzky; 7 Oliver Strunk; 8 Roger Sessions; 9 Harold Spivacke; 10 Steinway & Sons; 11 New York Times; 12 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge; 13 John Kirkpatrick; 14 Alexander Schneider; 15 Otto Luening; 16 Donald Boalch; 17 John Hamilton; 18 Thornton Wilder; 19 Lincoln Kirstein; 20 Arthur Mendel; 21 Edward Steuremann; 22 Frank Martin; 23 Olin Downes; 24 Albert Fuller; 25 Elliott Carter; 26 Quincy Porter; 27 Vincent Persichetti; 28 Henry Cowell; 29 Mel Powell; 30 Bengt Hambraeus; 31 Alec Hodson; 32 Paul Fromm; 33 Wolfgang Zuckermann; 34 Kenneth Gilbert; 35 Mr. and Mrs. …”
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Contemporary composers on contemporary music /

Table of Contents: “…Ferruccio Busoni -- Claude Debussy -- Erik Satie -- Darius Milhaud -- Ernest Bloch -- Igor Stravinsky -- Alban Berg -- Béla Bartók -- Paul Hindemith -- Serge Prokofiev -- Dmitri Shostakovich -- Ralph Vaughan Williams -- Benjamin Britten -- Charles Ives -- Henry Cowell -- Aaron Copland -- Roy Harris -- Samuel Barber -- Virgil Thomson -- Roger Sessions -- Edgard Varèse -- Harry Partch -- Henry Brant -- Milton Babbitt -- Otto Luening -- Elliott Carter -- Stefan Wolpe -- Chou wen-Chung -- Jack Beeson -- Lukas Foss -- John Cage -- Richard Maxfield -- Morton Feldman -- Charles Wuorinen -- Karlheinz Stockhausen -- Michael Tippett -- György Ligeti -- George Rochberg -- Gunther Schuller -- Pauline Oliveros -- Steve Reich -- T. …”

Music from South Asia.

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