| Physical description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Eastman Studies in Music ; v. Volume 121 |
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Eastman studies in music.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Rome Prize from Leo Sowerby to David Diamond / Andrea Olmstead -- A history of the Rome Prize in music composition, 1947-2006 / Richard Trythall -- The classicist origins of the Rome Prize in musical composition, 1890-1920 / Judith Tick -- "Picked young men," facilitating women, and emerging composers : establishing an American Prix de Rome / Carol J. Oja -- Forging an international alliance : Leo Sowerby, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, and the impact of a Rome Prize / Carol J. Oja -- Class of '54 : friendship and ideology at the American Academy in Rome / Martin Brody -- What they said : American composers on Rome / Vivian Perlis -- The new music scene in Rome and the American presence since World War II : excerpts from a roundtable / moderated by Richard Trythall ; edited by Martin Brody -- For the Academy / Elliott Carter -- Two visits in 1981 / John Harbison -- Music resources at the American Academy in Rome / Christina Huemer. |
| Summary |
Combining cultural analysis with historical and personal accounts of a century of musical life at the American Academy in Rome, this volume provides a history of the AAR's Rome Prize in Composition. |
| Other author |
Brody, Martin, 1949-
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| Subject |
American Academy in Rome -- History.
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American Academy in Rome -- Awards -- History.
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Composition (Music) -- Awards -- Italy -- Rome.
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Composers -- United States -- Biography.
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Biographies |
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History |
| ISBN |
9781580468664 (electronic bk.) |
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1580468667 (electronic bk.) |
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9781580468831 (electronic bk.) |
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1580468837 (electronic bk.) |
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1580462456 |
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9781580462457 |
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9781580462457 |
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