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Author Crawford, Richard, 1935-

Title The American musical landscape [electronic resource] : the business of muscianship from Billings to Gershwin / Richard Crawford.

Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000, c1993.
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Description xix, 381 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
Note Updated edition with a new preface.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-358) and index.
Contents Cosmopolitan and provincial : American musical historiography -- Professions and patronage I : teaching and composing -- Professions and patronage II : performing -- William Billings (1746-1800) and American psalmody : a study of musical dissemination -- George Frederick Root (1820-1895) and American vocal music -- Duke Ellington (1899-1974) and his orchestra -- George Gershwin's "I got rhythm" (1930).
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Scholarly Publishing Office, 2009. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
Subject(s) Music -- History and criticism.
Alternate Author American Council of Learned Societies.