The great American symphony music, the Depression, and war /

• Main Author: Tawa, Nicholas E.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.
• Subjects: Symphony > 20th century. > United States; World War, 1939-1945 > Music and the war.; MUSIC > Classical. > Genres & Styles; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess; https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://iupressonline.iupress.org/view/lfdq5/default
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 237 p.)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780253002877 (electronic bk.); 0253002877 (electronic bk.)

The years of the Great Depression, World War II, and their aftermath brought a sea change in American music. This period of economic, social, and political adversity can truly be considered a musical golden age. In the realm of classical music, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Howard Hanson, Virgil Thompson, and Leonard Bernstein -- among others -- produced symphonic works of great power and lasting beauty during these troubled years. It was during this critical decade and a half that contemporary writers on.