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The New York Composers' Forum concerts, 1935-1940
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- Creator
- Melissa J. de Graaf
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press ; Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer Limited, 2013
- ©2013
- Physical Details
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- xii, 290 pages : music, illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781580464260, 1580464262
- OCLC
- ocn843228786
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index.
- Introduction : the significance of the Composers' Forum -- The Composers' Forum in context : modernism and diversity in the 1930s -- Reactions to modernist style and ideas -- The gendered reception of modern music -- Orientalism, Jewish music, and the search for spiritual authenticity -- White composers and representations of race : the forum as battleground over issues of authenticity and appropriation -- Creating American identity : folk song and nationalism -- Conclusion : the demise and impact of the Composers' Forum