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George Frederick Bristow / Katherine K. Preston.

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Preston, Katherine K [aut]

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unmediated

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ISBN:

9780252043420

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Genre/Form:

Biografier

DDK-klassifikation:

780.92 23/swe

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Innehåll:

1. "The Life of a Musician": "Troubles & Trials &c"; Emergence as a Composer -- Interlude A. Pedagogy I: Private Teaching -- 2. Fry, Willis and Jullien: Bristow Becomes an Americanist -- 3. The 1850s: During Which Young Apollo Becomes a Jack-of-All-Trades and a Renowned Musician -- Interlude B. Sacred Music: Church Music Director and Sacred Music Composer -- 4. The 1860s: Personal and National Agony and Triumph -- Interlude C. Pedagogy II: Teaching in Schools -- 5. The 1870s: "A Manly and Patriotic" Composer of "Native Independence and Originality" -- Interlude D. Bristow as Businessman and Musical Authority -- 6. The 1880s and 1890s: A Stalwart Educator and Composer.

Sammanfattning: "As American classical music struggled for recognition in the mid-nineteenth century, George Frederick Bristow emerged as one of its most energetic champions and practitioners. Katherine K. Preston explores the life and works of a figure admired in his own time and credited today with producing the first American grand opera and composing important works that ranged from oratorios to symphonies to chamber music. Preston reveals Bristow's passion for creating and promoting music, his skills as a businessman and educator, the respect paid him by contemporaries and students, and his tireless work as both a composer and in-demand performer. As she examines Bristow against the backdrop of the music scene in New York City, Preston illuminates the little-known creative and performance culture that he helped define and create. Vivid and richly detailed, this book enriches our perceptions of musical life in nineteenth-century America"-- Provided by publisher.

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Cover image	Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Vol info	URL	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Item hold queue priority	Course reserves
	Book	Musik- och teaterbiblioteket Magasin A				B33.306					Available			26201868014

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"As American classical music struggled for recognition in the mid-nineteenth century, George Frederick Bristow emerged as one of its most energetic champions and practitioners. Katherine K. Preston explores the life and works of a figure admired in his own time and credited today with producing the first American grand opera and composing important works that ranged from oratorios to symphonies to chamber music. Preston reveals Bristow's passion for creating and promoting music, his skills as a businessman and educator, the respect paid him by contemporaries and students, and his tireless work as both a composer and in-demand performer. As she examines Bristow against the backdrop of the music scene in New York City, Preston illuminates the little-known creative and performance culture that he helped define and create. Vivid and richly detailed, this book enriches our perceptions of musical life in nineteenth-century America"-- Provided by publisher.