The American symphony / by Butterworth, Neil, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…Early years and orchestral beginnings -- Pioneers -- John Knowles Paine -- Dvořák and the search for national identity -- After Dvořák: the romantics -- Charles Ives -- Aaron Copland -- Elder statesmen -- Walter Piston -- Howard Hanson -- Roy Harris -- Serialism and beyond -- Samuel Barber -- William Schuman -- Three American spirits -- Traditionalists in the shadows -- Eastern influences -- Peter Mennin and George Rochberg -- Leonard Bernstein -- The present generation -- Symphonic music for band -- Postscript -- Catalogue of symphonies by American composers -- Discography -- Bibliography --- Index.…”

New lights.

Table of Contents: “…Ganymede ; Callisto ; Io ; Europa / Roger Cichy (18:08) -- Symphony no. 2. Finale / Howard Hanson ; ed. by Francis McBeth (7:26) -- The quality of mercy / Lewis Nielson (16:03) -- Symphony no. 3. …”

New lights.

Table of Contents: “…Ganymede ; Callisto ; Io ; Europa / Roger Cichy (18:08) -- Symphony no. 2. Finale / Howard Hanson ; ed. by Francis McBeth (7:26) -- The quality of mercy / Lewis Nielson (16:03) -- Symphony no. 3. …”
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Frederic Chopin, 1810-1849 /

Table of Contents: “…Mizwa -- Chopin, 1849-1949 / Howard Hanson -- Chopin's indebtedness to the artistic tradition of music in Poland / Stephen P. …”

American orchestral music.

Table of Contents: “…Louisiana story (suite) / Virgil Thomson (Westphalian Symphony Orchestra ; Siegfried Landau, conductor) -- Symphony no. 3 / Ned Rorem ; Symphony no. 7 / William Schuman (Utah Symphony Orchestra ; Maurice Abravanel, conductor) -- Symphony no. 6 / Howard Hanson (Music for Westchester Symphony Orchestra ; Siegfried Landau, conductor) -- Symphony 1965 / Gunther Schuller (Dallas Symphony Orchestra ; Donald Johanos, conductor) -- Suite no. 2, op. 48 (Indian suite) / Edward MacDowell (Westphalian Symphony Orchestra ; Siegfried Landau, conductor).…”
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American string quartets 1900-1950.

Table of Contents: “…Quartet no. 3 / William Schuman (23:47) -- Quartet in one movement, op. 23 / Howard Hanson (17:47) -- Quartet no. 2 / Virgil Thomson (22:16) -- Lullaby for string quartet / George Gershwin (11:24) -- Quartet no. 2 / Roger Sessions (32:19) -- Scherzo for 2 violins, viola and cello / Charles Ives (1:45) -- Quartet no. 2 / Peter Mennin (17:29) -- Quartet no. 5 / Walter Piston (16:33) -- Two pieces for string quartet / Aaron Copland (8:50).…”
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Music of Samuel Barber. by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

Table of Contents: “…Symphony no. 1 in one movement, op. 9 (19:40) ; Concerto for piano and orchestra, op. 38 (28:30) / Samuel Barber -- Concerto for piano and orchestra / Howard Hanson (20:19) - - Overture to The school for scandal, op. 5 (8:35) ; Music for a scene from Shelley, op. 7 (9:53) ; Essay no. 1 for orchestra (7:56) ; Adagio for strings : from the string quartet, op. 11 (9:03) ; Symphony no. 2, op. 19 (30:23) / Samuel Barber.…”
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American visions

Table of Contents: “…A hymn to New England / John Williams (3:09) -- Buckaroo holiday : from Rodeo / Aaron Copland (7:35) -- Mississippi suite / Ferde Grofé (13:38) -- The Housatonic at Stockbridge / Charles Ives (5:08) -- Maypole dances : from Merry Mount / Howard Hanson (4:41) -- Times Square, 1944 : from On the town / Leonard Bernstein (5:11) -- Savannah River holiday : overture / Ron Nelson (8:39) -- Fiesta : from San Juan Capistrano / Harl McDonald (4:15) -- Mark Twain : portrait for orchestra / Jerome Kern (13:24).…”

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.…”

Symphony no. 3, op. 24 by Riegger, Wallingford, 1885-1961

Overture to the Creole Faust / by Ginastera, Alberto, 1916-1983

Sforzando!.

Table of Contents: “…Homage on B-A-C- H / Ron Nelson (8:49) -- Symphony no. 2 : "Romantic". Mvt. III / Howard Hanson ; arr. W. Francis McBeth (8:00) -- The melody shop / Karl L. …”
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New dance ("Arevakal") / Alan Hovhaness. Symphony no. 4 / Henry Cowell.

Teaching music through performance in band resource recordings.

Table of Contents: “…First suite in F / Thom Ritter George -- The gum-suckers march / Percy Aldridge Grainger -- Laude / Howard Hanson -- Medieval suite / Ron Nelson -- Molly on the shore / Percy Aldridge Grainger -- Of sailors and whales / W. …”

Teaching music through performance in band resource recordings. Volume 1, grade 4.

Table of Contents: “…Allerseelen / Richard Strauss ; Davis ; Fennell -- Amazing grace / Frank Ticheli -- Caccia and chorale / Clifton Williams -- Chorale and alleluia / Howard Hanson -- Chorale and shaker dance / John Zdechlik -- Chorale and toccata / Jack Stamp -- English Folk song suite / Ralph Vaughan Williams.…”

Symphony no. 1, op. 9 ; Overture to The school for scandal ; Medea suite op. 23 ; Adagio for strings / by Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

The symphony / by Cuyler, Louise, 1908-1998

Table of Contents: “…The background and heritage of the classical symphony -- The earlier Viennese period: the symphonies of Haydn and Mozart -- The later Viennese period: the symphonies of Beethoven and Schubert -- A time of temporizing: Mendelssohn and Schumann -- Brahms: a great mediator of classical and romantic styles -- The end of a tradition: Bruckner and Mahler -- The symphony in France: The symphonies of Berlioz -- The symphonies of Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Sibelius, and Ives -- A parasymphonic type: the symphonic poem: Liszt: Les Preludes ; Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche ; Debussy: Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune -- The symphony in the twentieth century: England: Sir Edward Elgar ; Gustav Holst ; Ralph Vaughan Williams ; Benjamin Britten -- France: Darius Milhaud ; Arthur Honegger ; Olivier Messiaen -- Germany and Austria: Paul Hindemith ; Arnold Schoenberg -- The United States: Howard Hanson ; Walter Piston ; Roy Harris ; Samuel Barber ; Aaron Copland -- Russia: Nikolai Miaskovsky ; Sergei Prokofiev ; Dmitri Shostakovich ; Igor Stravinsky.…”

Three places in New England ; Symphony no. 3 : "The camp meeting" / by Ives, Charles, 1874-1954

Evolution

Lawrence Tibbett : from Broadway to Hollywood.

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