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In this refreshingly direct and engaging historical treatment of American music and musicology, Richard Crawford argues for the recognition of the distinct and vital character of American music. What is that character? How has musical life been supported in the United States and how have... read more
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- Lowell Mason
- Duke Ellington
- George Gershwin
- Howard
- Chase
- Farwell
- Sonneck
- Elson
- Gould
- Alexander Reinagle
- Mathews
- Theodore Thomas
- George Frederick Root
- Hitchcock
- Hood
- Hamm
- Whiteman
- Armstrong
- Charlie Parker
- Lind
- Hubbard
- Dodge
- Foster
- Jocelin
- Merman
- Christy
- Miller
- Nathan
- Henderson
- James
- Thomson
- Gunther Schuller
- Benny Goodman
- Billings
- Cady
- Bellini
- George F. Root
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HISTORICAL WRITING IS JUDGED on quality of information and authority of interpretation.
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- Richard Crawford (Author)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 780
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