The Symphonic Repertoire, Volume V: The Symphony in the Americas

Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 1700s, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. In his series The Symphonic Repertoire , the late A. Peter Brown explored the symphony in Europe from its origins into the 20th century. In Volume V, Brown's former students and colleagues continue his vision by turning to the symphony in the Western Hemisphere. It examines the work of numerous symphonists active from the early 1800s to the present day and the unique challenges they faced in contributing to the European symphonic tradition. The research adds to an unmatched compendium of knowledge for the student, teacher, performer, and sophisticated amateur. This much-anticipated fifth volume of The Symphonic Repertoire: The Symphony in the Americas offers a user-friendly, comprehensive history of the symphony genre in the United States and Latin America. "Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 18th century, the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimate compositional challenges. Surprisingly, heretofore there has been no truly extensive, broad-based treatment of the genre, and the best of the existing studies are now several decades old. In this five-volume series, A. Peter Brown explores the symphony from its 18th-century beginnings to the end of the 20th century. Synthesizing the enormous scholarly literature, Brown presents up-to-date overviews of the status of research, discusses any important former or remaining problems of attribution, illuminates the style of specific works and their contexts, and samples early writings on their reception. The Symphonic Repertoire provides an unmatched compendium of knowledge for the student, teacher, performer, and sophisticated amateur. The series is being launched with two volumes on the Viennese symphony."--Publisher's website

Central to the repertoire of Western art music since the 1700s,the symphony has come to be regarded as one of the ultimatecompositional challenges.

In his series The Symphonic Repertoire, the late A.Peter Brown explored the symphony in Europe from its origins intothe 20th century. In Volume V, Brown's former students andcolleagues continue his vision by turning to the symphony in theWestern Hemisphere. It examines the work of numerous symphonistsactive from the early 1800s to the present day and the uniquechallenges they faced in contributing to the European symphonictradition. The research adds to an unmatched compendium ofknowledge for the student, teacher, performer, and sophisticatedamateur.

This much-anticipated fifth volume of The SymphonicRepertoire: The Symphony in the Americas offers auser-friendly, comprehensive history of the symphony genre in theUnited States and Latin America.

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Preface. Brian Hart Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction to the Symphonic Repertoire of the United States and Latin America. Brian Hart 2. The First Generation of Symphonists in the United States. Douglas W. Shadle 3. The Second New England School and Their Contemporaries. E. Douglas Bomberger 4. The Symphonic Works of Charles Ives J. Peter Burkholder 5. From 1920 to 1950 in the United States: The Symphony in a World Upended. Susan Key, with Drew Massey 6. Forgotten Modernisms: The Symphony in the United States from 1950 to 1970. Katherine Baber 7. The Symphony in South America. Carol A. Hess 8. The Symphony in Mexico, Central America, and the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean. Carol A. Hess 9. The Symphony in the United States since 1970· Matthew Mugmon List of contributors Index