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BL
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979457
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b733827
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Berger, Arthur,1912-2003.
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| Title & Author
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Reflections of an American composer /\ Arthur Berger.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2002.
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1 online resource (vii, 270 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0520232526
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: 0520928210
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: 1417523913
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: 1597348570
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: 9780520232525
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: 9780520928213
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: 9781417523917
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: 9781597348577
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0520232518
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0520232526
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9780520232518
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Trends in twentieth-century American composition. Composers and their audience in the thirties ; Nationalism ; Is music in decline? ; Rendezvous with Apollo : form is feeling ; Reinventing the past : pastiche, collage, or "criticism"? ; Serialism : composer as theorist ; Rapprochement or friendly takeover? ; Postmodern music -- Writing about music. Virgil Thomson and the press ; Music on my beat ; PNM and the Ph. D. ; A tale of two critics : Rosenfeld and Haggin -- Aesthetics and musical analysis. Do we hear what we say we hear? ; New linguistic modes and the new theory ; The octatonic scale -- Retrospective. Backstage at the opera ; A tale of two conductors : Koussevitzky and Mitropoulos ; From my diary : brief encounters.
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In this collection of essays, distinguished composer, theorist, journalist, and educator Arthur Berger invites us into the vibrant and ever-changing American music scene that has been his home for most of the 20th century.
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Berger, Arthur,1912-2003.
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Berger, Arthur,1912-2003.
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Berger, Arthur,1912-2003.
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Music-- United States-- History and criticism.
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Musique-- États-Unis-- Histoire et critique.
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Music History Criticism, General.
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MUSIC-- General.
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MUSIC-- History Criticism.
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Music, Dance, Drama Film.
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Music.
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Music.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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780/.973
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| LC Classification
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ML200.5.B47 2002eb
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