Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring

Informationen zum Autor Annegret Fauser is Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Music at UNC Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Her recent book, Sounds of War: Music in the United States during World War II (OUP, 2013), was awarded both the Music in American Culture Award of the American Musicological Society and an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. Klappentext Appalachian Spring, with music by Aaron Copland and choreography by Martha Graham, counts among the best known American contributions to the global concert hall and stage. Distinguished musicologist Annegret Fauser offers a concise and lively introduction to the history of the work, its realization on stage, and its transformations over time. Zusammenfassung Appalachian Spring, with music by Aaron Copland and choreography by Martha Graham, counts among the best known American contributions to the global concert hall and stage. Distinguished musicologist Annegret Fauser offers a concise and lively introduction to the history of the work, its realization on stage, and its transformations over time.

Klappentext

Appalachian Spring, with music by Aaron Copland and choreography by Martha Graham, counts among the best known American contributions to the global concert hall and stage. Distinguished musicologist Annegret Fauser offers a concise and lively introduction to the history of the work, its realization on stage, and its transformations over time.

Inhalt

• Acknowledgments

• About the Companion Website

• Archives and Sources

• Introduction: Appalachian Connotations

• Chapter 1: A Commission and Its Context

• Chapter 2: The Creation of a Dance Piece

• Chapter 3: Appalachian Spring Performed

• Chapter 4: Americana between War and Peace

• Chapter 5: An American Icon

• Additional Sources for Reading and Listening