American Music articles from March 1999

American Music archives from March 1999

Black Music in the Circum-Caribbean.
March 22, 1999... In most circum-Caribbean locations,(1) the influence of Africa is evident in the musics that emerged from various mixtures of Yoruba, Bantu, Fon, Kongo, and other African peoples with Spanish, Portuguese, English, and French musical forms,...

Choirs in the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1800-1860.
March 22, 1999... In his perceptive volume The American Musical Landscape, Richard Crawford suggests that the constant tension between the polar opposites of "cosmopolitan" and "provincial" forces is a dominant theme of American musical history.(1) Thus by the...

Florestan and Butt-head: A Glimpse into Postmodern Music Criticism.
March 22, 1999... The supreme law [of the culture industry] is that they shall not satisfy their desires at any price; they must laugh and be content with laughter. Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer Mheheheh heh... heh heh--Huh huh... huh huh......

Early American Military Music.
March 22, 1999... Introduction In the Fall 1988 Sonneck Society Bulletin, Susan Cifaldi discusses the "Diary" of Henry Blake, a Continental Army fifer in the New Hampshire regiment of Col. John Stark. The diary was written in 1776 during the early days of...

Celestial Mechanics.(Brief Article)(Review)
March 22, 1999... Fur Wolfgang Amadeus von Donald Crockett, Stephen Hartke, Libby Larsen, Rand Steiger, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Donald Crockett. Celestial Mechanics. Allan Vogel, oboe; Ralph Morrison, violin; Richard Altenbach, violin; Roland Kato,...

Wir Kussen Ihnen tausendmal die Hande.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Fur Wolfgang Amadeus von Donald Crockett, Stephen Hartke, Libby Larsen, Rand Steiger, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Donald Crockett. Celestial Mechanics. Allan Vogel, oboe; Ralph Morrison, violin; Richard Altenbach, violin; Roland Kato,...

Woven Serenade.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Fur Wolfgang Amadeus von Donald Crockett, Stephen Hartke, Libby Larsen, Rand Steiger, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Donald Crockett. Celestial Mechanics. Allan Vogel, oboe; Ralph Morrison, violin; Richard Altenbach, violin; Roland Kato,...

Schoenberg, Schenker, and Schillinger.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Fur Wolfgang Amadeus von Donald Crockett, Stephen Hartke, Libby Larsen, Rand Steiger, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Donald Crockett. Celestial Mechanics. Allan Vogel, oboe; Ralph Morrison, violin; Richard Altenbach, violin; Roland Kato,...

Sonata for Violin and Piano.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Ruth Crawford. Sonata for Violin and Piano. Ida Kavafian, violin; Vivian Fine, piano. Piano Study in Mixed Accents. Joseph Bloch, piano. Nine Preludes for Piano. Joseph Bloch, piano. Diaphonic Suite for Solo Flute or Oboe. Joseph Ostryniec,...

Piano Study in Mixed Accents.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Ruth Crawford. Sonata for Violin and Piano. Ida Kavafian, violin; Vivian Fine, piano. Piano Study in Mixed Accents. Joseph Bloch, piano. Nine Preludes for Piano. Joseph Bloch, piano. Diaphonic Suite for Solo Flute or Oboe. Joseph Ostryniec,...

Nine Preludes for Piano.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Ruth Crawford. Sonata for Violin and Piano. Ida Kavafian, violin; Vivian Fine, piano. Piano Study in Mixed Accents. Joseph Bloch, piano. Nine Preludes for Piano. Joseph Bloch, piano. Diaphonic Suite for Solo Flute or Oboe. Joseph Ostryniec,...

Diaphonic Suite for Solo Flute or Oboe.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Ruth Crawford. Sonata for Violin and Piano. Ida Kavafian, violin; Vivian Fine, piano. Piano Study in Mixed Accents. Joseph Bloch, piano. Nine Preludes for Piano. Joseph Bloch, piano. Diaphonic Suite for Solo Flute or Oboe. Joseph Ostryniec,...

Three Songs to Poems by Carl Sandburg.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Ruth Crawford. Sonata for Violin and Piano. Ida Kavafian, violin; Vivian Fine, piano. Piano Study in Mixed Accents. Joseph Bloch, piano. Nine Preludes for Piano. Joseph Bloch, piano. Diaphonic Suite for Solo Flute or Oboe. Joseph Ostryniec,...

Suite for Wind Quintet.(Review)
March 22, 1999... Ruth Crawford. Sonata for Violin and Piano. Ida Kavafian, violin; Vivian Fine, piano. Piano Study in Mixed Accents. Joseph Bloch, piano. Nine Preludes for Piano. Joseph Bloch, piano. Diaphonic Suite for Solo Flute or Oboe. Joseph Ostryniec,...