American Music articles from September 22 1992

American Music archives from September 22 1992

"Play that barber shop chord": a case for the African-American origin of barbershop harmony.
September 22, 1992... Barbershop harmony is one of the great American inventions. The contemporary image of barbershop harmony is couched in a romanticized perception of the "Gay Nineties," with dapper, white, middle-American barbers and their patrons posed next...

Motivic development in Amy Beach's 'Variations on Balkan Themes,' op. 60.
September 22, 1992... Amy Beach's Variations on Balkan Themes, op. 60, is her longest and most technically demanding work for solo piano.(1) This dynamic work, based on four Balkan folk themes, reflects a lifelong interest in the music of other cultures.(2) The...

The band of music of the First Battalion of Free Men of Color and the siege of New Orleans, 1814-1815.
September 22, 1992... From December 16, 1814 to March 25, 1815, the 353 native Louisianans who comprised the state militia's First Battalion of Free Men of Color were officially enrolled in the United States Army During this period the black militiamen...

American Sacred Music Imprints: 1698-1810, A Bibliography.
September 22, 1992... Samuel Johnson's monumental Lives of the Poets (1781) is a landmark work in English literature. Similarly American Sacred Music Imprints 1698-1810: A Bibliography (1990) is a monumental accomplishment - a landmark work in American music - in...

American Experimental Music: 1890-1940.
September 22, 1992... Studies of compositional innovations in early twentieth-century music have largely neglected the works and ideas of American composers, with the exception of Charles Ives. For example, Stravinsky's metrical and rhythmical novelties have been...

Music Matters: The Performer and the American Federation of Musicians.
September 22, 1992... The images about ourselves that we musicians cherish are various and somewhat contradictory. We call ourselves educators, entertainers, therapists, technicians, scholar/authors, and, in idealistic moments, even artists. As professionals paid...

American Music Librarianship: A Biographical and Historical Survey.
September 22, 1992... Comprehensive, systematic studies of the origin and evolution of professional musical organizations and institutions in the United States, particularly when recognition is accorded essential figures associated with them, are as welcome as...

Copland: Vitebsk, Trio for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello, Sextet, Sonata for Violin and Piano, Duo for Flute and Piano.
September 22, 1992... The advent of the compact disc has occasioned a welcome rejuvenation of the art music recording industry, and with that a veritable explosion of interest in little-known or infrequently recorded music. No composer will benefit from this more...

Copland: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Vitebsk, Trio for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello, Piano Quartet.
September 22, 1992... The advent of the compact disc has occasioned a welcome rejuvenation of the art music recording industry, and with that a veritable explosion of interest in little-known or infrequently recorded music. No composer will benefit from this more...

Copland: Sextet, Piano Variations, Piano Quartet.
September 22, 1992... The advent of the compact disc has occasioned a welcome rejuvenation of the art music recording industry, and with that a veritable explosion of interest in little-known or infrequently recorded music. No composer will benefit from this more...

Hanson: Symphony No. 3, Fantasy Variations of a Theme of Youth, Symphony No. 6.
September 22, 1992... Here's good news: two CDs, four symphonies by Howard Hanson, in performances by the Seattle Symphony under the direction of Gerard Schwarz. I for one was familiar only with the second, "Romantic" Symphony, and it becomes a different work...

Hanson: Symphony No. 1, Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitzky, Symphony No. 2.
September 22, 1992... Here's good news: two CDs, four symphonies by Howard Hanson, in performances by the Seattle Symphony under the direction of Gerard Schwarz. I for one was familiar only with the second, "Romantic" Symphony, and it becomes a different work...

The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968.
September 22, 1992... The Complete Stax/Volt Singles: 1959-1968 is one of the most extraordinary compact disc anthologies yet produced, a thorough audio and written history of one important record company. The company and its story can be interpreted as a...