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Fighting with Words: American Composers' Commentary on Their Work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Catherine M. Cameron
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In the past few decades, there has been an explosion of literature concerning the changes taking place in American art music. In many cases, this literature is the work of the very people who are making those changes, the composers of new music. Much of their commentary is written in a manifesto style reminiscent of avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century. The dominant topic concerns the changes composers feel are needed to revolutionize American music.

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Establishing the Cultural Context
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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , July 1985 , pp. 430 - 460
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1985

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