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Music in a New Found Land: Themes and Developments in the History of American Music

By: Wilfrid Mellers

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ISBN: 9781412809962

Format: Paperback
Published: May 2009

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The subject of this book is accurately defined by itssubtitle. Music in a New Found Land does not pretend tobe a comprehensive history of American music. Nor doesMellers strive to catalog what he considers to be authenticAmerican music. Instead, he deals, in some detail, withcomparatively few composers, most of whom have well-establishedreputations.It has always been difficult to separate American musicfrom its immediate relevance to the twentieth century.Mellers’ theme involves the relationship between "art"music, jazz and pop music; he sees the segregation of thesegenres as both illogical and artificial. If the pop music ofTin Pan Alley may be anti-art, it has also produced Gershwin,Ellington, and composing improvisers such as LouisArmstrong, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis.The study of American music is as relevant into anyinquiry into a national culture as the study of Americanliterature and painting. This book contains a large numberof quotations from American writers, because Mellersthought American sensibility should parallel, reinforce,and comment on American music. In sum, this is theclosest available one-volume history of American music,and a window into American culture.