Roll Over Rock: A Study of Music in Contemporary CultureStainer & Bell, 1981 - 175 pages |
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Page 66
... American music . He belonged to the breed of ' Yankee Tunesmiths ' who busily churned out four - part psalm tunes and ' Fuguing ' tunes ( canonic and imitative pieces that were grateful to sing and a substitute for real fugues ) . Self ...
... American music . He belonged to the breed of ' Yankee Tunesmiths ' who busily churned out four - part psalm tunes and ' Fuguing ' tunes ( canonic and imitative pieces that were grateful to sing and a substitute for real fugues ) . Self ...
Page 67
... American music and American politics . When the war was over , people cheered their leader in song with ' God Save Great Washington ' ; in almost the same breadth they sang ' Adams and Liberty ' , then ' Lincoln and Liberty ' , and ( to ...
... American music and American politics . When the war was over , people cheered their leader in song with ' God Save Great Washington ' ; in almost the same breadth they sang ' Adams and Liberty ' , then ' Lincoln and Liberty ' , and ( to ...
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... American music . Nothing could be more naïve than Copland's ' Lincoln Portrait ' . Yet his use of genuinely American folk tunes as , for example , in Billy the Kid - naïve as they are represent the tradition of Billings at its very best ...
... American music . Nothing could be more naïve than Copland's ' Lincoln Portrait ' . Yet his use of genuinely American folk tunes as , for example , in Billy the Kid - naïve as they are represent the tradition of Billings at its very best ...
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The Path to Elitism | 21 |
The Path to Chauvinism | 32 |
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