Frontier Figures

American Music and the Mythology of the American West

By: Beth E. Levy

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Paperback | 18 April 2012 | Edition Number 1

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"Beth Levy has written an elegant work of depth and breadth that gives generous space to the idea of the American West. Her discussions of more than a dozen composers and their works--some usual suspects, others rather unexpected--reveal the 'varied musical ecosystems of the west.' Levy takes us with her on the trail in prose that is by turns pithy and poetic, but always spot on."--Denise Von Glahn, author of The Sounds of Place: Music and the American Cultural Landscape

"Big and bold as the terrain it covers, Beth Levy's Frontier Figures takes us on a gratifying road trip, traversing American 'classical' compositions that conjure up landscapes from the Middle West to the shores of the Pacific. En route, we encounter many now-famous composers, such as Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, and Virgil Thomson, along with others who have faded from view. Throughout, Levy treats the 'West' as both geographic location and mythologized ideal, demonstrating its power on the American musical imagination."--Carol Oja, author of Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s.

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"Music professor Levy looks at how Western Americana has been woven into American culture via music." Sacramento Bee "Levy offers an amazing amount of scholarship. She has researched nearly every person and event of this period... Highly recommended." -- W.K. Kearns, Emeritus, University of Colorado at Boulder Choice

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List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction: The Course of Empire	p. 1
Arthur Farwell's West
The Wa-Wan and the West	p. 23
Western Democracy, Western Landscapes, Western Music	p. 56
Western Encounters: Charles Wakefield Cadman and Others
Encountering Indians	p. 87
Staging the West	p. 124
American Pastorals
West of Eden	p. 155
Power in the Land	p. 179
Harvest Home	p. 204
Roy Harris: Provincial Cowboy, White Hope
How Roy Harris Became Western	p. 227
Manifest Destiny	p. 246
The Composer as Folk Singer	p. 268
Aaron Copland: From Orient to Occident
The Saga of the Prairies	p. 293
Communal Song, Cosmopolitan Song	p. 317
Copland and the Cinematic West	p. 351
Conclusion: On the Trail	p. 369
Notes	p. 375
Selected Bibliography	p. 421
Index	p. 437ÿþ
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