GENDERING MUSICAL MODERNISM by Ellie M. Hisama ( 9780521640305 )

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Title:

GENDERING MUSICAL MODERNISM
THE MUSIC OF RUTH CRAWFORD, MARION BAUER, AND MIRIAM GIDEON

By:

Ellie M. Hisama

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

052164030X

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9780521640305

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

22 February, 2001

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Music Theory & Analysis No. 15

Pages:

220

Description:

This book explores the work of three significant American women composers of the twentieth century.

Synopsis:

This book explores the work of three significant American women composers of the twentieth century: Ruth Crawford, Marion Bauer and Miriam Gideon. It offers a unique approach to a rich body of music that deserves theoretical scrutiny and provides information on both the lives and music of these fascinating women, skilfully interweaving history and musical analysis in ways that both the specialist and the more general reader will find compelling. In this important study, Ellie Hisama has employed forms of analysis by which she links musical characteristics with aspects of the composers' identities. This is revealing both for questions of music and gender and the continuing search for meaning in music. The book thus draws attention to the value of the music of these three composers and contributes to the body of analytical work concerned with the explanation of musical language.

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10 b/w illus. 9 tables 25 music examples

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Cambridge University Press

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